Overview
White troops are approaching the village. A small garrison of Red Army soldiers decides to evacuate civilians and a wounded soldier to safety. This important task is entrusted to the young Komsomol member Efimka. The carts leave the village and travel along forest roads, but lose their way. At night, at a rest stop, Efimka, his mother and Verka talk about the future, about a forty-story house with a tower, a star and a spotlight - let it shine!..
Cast
- Leonid Kharitonov as Yefimka
- Olga Narovchatova as Verka
- Yekaterina Mazurova as Verka's grandmother
- Vladimir Seleznyov as Yasha
- Yevgeniya Melnikova as Yefimka's mother
- Nikolai Novlyansky as Grandpa
- Mikhail Ulyanov as Sobakin
- Garri Dunts as Squadron commander
- Pavel Shalnov as Stepan
- Oksana Sivova as Valka