

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…
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Cast

Algis Arlauskas
Volodya Cheremin

Marat Serazhetdinov
Victor Khantyrin

Igor Sklyar
Nikolay Maslenok
Viktor Nikulin
Alexander Budailo

Marina Samojlova
Anya

Valeri Ryzhakov
Lt. Novikov

Mikhail Kuznetsov
midshipman Lukyanov

Vasili Lanovoy
Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father

Boris Gitin
Chief petty officer Kotelevsky

Viktor Mizin
Sailor

Natalya Rychagova
Anya (voice)
Marina Gorlova
Zina
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