When peasant Georgy Makharashvili hears that his soldier son is lying wounded in a hospital, he sets out to visit him. However, unknown to him, his son has been sent back to the front. Reluctant to return home and in a vain attempt to locate his boy, Georgy joins the Red Army in it's unrelenting push to the west.
Giorgiy Makharashvili
Senior sergeant Nikiforov
Arkadiy Ershov, soldier
Nikolay Nazarov, soldier
Grisha, soldier
Vova, soldier
Accordionist
Vasiliy Dmitrievich, boy on the cart
Sailor without legs
Mariya, Georgiy's wife
Hospital registrar
General
Devushka-boets
Colonel
Woman with children, Vasiliy's mama
Musician
Georgiy's fellow villager
Foreman, tankman
Oboist
Goderdzi Makharashvili, Georgy's son
Episodic role
Episodic role
Borya's grandma
Lieutenant
Georgiy's fellow villager
Episodic role
Episodic role
Surgeon
Borya
Georgiy's fellow villager
Georgiy's fellow villager
wounded soldier
tankman
tankman
Seryogin, tankman
