A participant in the war with the fascist regime, a Soviet soldier Chigorin, who bravely fought in Odessa, decides to return to the black sea city and walk through the memorable places where a lot of blood of brave defenders was shed for every inch of land. On the train, a random companion of the man becomes Katya, a charming young girl who asks Chigorin to tell about those events. Going headfirst into the memories, the former soldier begins his story, in which there is a place for selflessness, friendship, mutual assistance, love and heroism…
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Yelena Kozelkova
Eva / Katya / Yekaterina Stanislavovna
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Chigorin
Kostiantyn Stepankov
common soldier Rudko
Grigoriy Gay
counter admiral Zhukov
Nikolai Skorobogatov
lieutenant general Sofronov
Viktor Strizhyov
regional Committee Secretary Kolybanov
Pyotr Shcherbakov
divisional commissioner Azarov
Vyacheslav Kutakov
divisional commissioner Voronin
Yuri Vetrov
general Shishenin
Gennadiy Korotkov
general Petrov
Vladlen Paulus
colonel Osipov
Evgeni Burenkov
colonel Tomilov
Nikolay Dupak
battery commander Zinovyev
Igor Starkov
1st rank captain Corshkov
Aleksei Dikikh
colonel Krylov
Vadim Lysenko
Director
Grigori Pozhenyan
Screenplay
Viktor Brashevan
Executive Producer
Leonid Burlaka
Director of Photography
Yevgeni Stikhin
Original Music Composer
Tatyana Rymaryova
Editor
M. Radko
Editor
Nelli Melnichuk
Costume Design
Vladimir Shinkevich
Production Design
Nikolay Reznik
Production Design
Pavel Kholshchevnikov
Production Design
Yuri Blazhenin
Production Design
