Overview
Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, and the Red Army is planning the final assault. The first story line of the movie follows two Red Army soldiers: unlikely friends Nekrasov and Karyakin. The second story line is about a White Guard officer Brusentsov who is devoted to Russia and his cause but sees it being destroyed day by day.
Cast
- Oleg Yankovskiy as Andrei Nekrasov
- Rolan Bykov as Ivan Karyakin
- Anatoliy Papanov as Colonel
- Vladimir Vysotsky as Aleksandr Brusentsov
- Iya Savvina as Alexandra
- Alla Demidova as Commissar
- Nikolay Kryuchkov as Komandir vzvoda
- Nikolay Burlyaev as Sergey Lukashevich
- Nikolai Parfyonov as Belogvardeyskiy ofitser
- Roman Tkachuk as Belogvardeyskiy ofitser