Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.
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Hrachia Nersisyan
Atanes Ghambaryan
Avet Avetisyan
Burnazyan, kolkhoz director
Frunze Dovlatyan
Armen Manukyan
Mher Mkrtchyan
Khachik
Davit Malyan
Darbinyan
Lilik Hovhannisyan
Seda Ghambaryan
Nikolai Kazakov
Samokhin
Levon Tukhikyan
Suren
Verjaluys Mirijanyan
Paytzar
A. Arazyan
Ashkhen
Lev Lobov
Sokolov
S. Zhurabayev
Bigildayev
O. Gerasimov
Andreev
Azer Kurbanov
Turkish border commissar
A. Adalyan
Firuza
