The screen story of four teenagers, on whom the horrors of war had left an indelible mark. Their relatives’ deaths and their yearning for fighting the Nazis led them, one way or another, to a sea cadet school that had been opened on Solovetski Islands at the start of the war. This film tells of men’s friendship, the boys’ first baptism of fire, and the victory…
Volodya Cheremin

Victor Khantyrin

Nikolay Maslenok

Alexander Budailo
Anya

Lt. Novikov

midshipman Lukyanov

Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father

Chief petty officer Kotelevsky

Sailor

Anya (voice)

Zina
railroad worker

Episodic role
second lieutenant of the coast guard

lieutenant commander

german

Unknown Role

Fokin, 3rd-Class Captain
