In 1930s Poland Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying together, they demonstrate their inseparability.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Vladimir MashkovAaron | Aaron |
 Mariya LipkinaRachel | Rachel |
 Aleksandr KalyaginMardoche | Mardoche |
 Rolan BykovNachman | Nachman |
 Zinoviy GerdtZalman | Zalman |
 Daniel OlbrychskiStepan | Stepan |
 Oleg YankovskiyPrince | Prince |
 Aleksey SerebryakovNot listed | Not listed |
 Armen DzhigarkhanyanNot listed | Not listed |
 Oleksiy HorbunovNot listed | Not listed |
 Valeri IvchenkoNot listed | Not listed |
| RRoma AlexandrovitchAbraham | Abraham |
| SSasha YakovlevIvan | Ivan |
 Hélène LapiowerNot listed | Not listed |
 Lika KremerNot listed | Not listed |
 Oleg DmitriyevNot listed | Not listed |
 Sergey RusskinNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksey PoluyanNot listed | Not listed |
 Volodymyr ShakaloNot listed | Not listed |
 Larisa BorodinaNot listed | Not listed |
 Eduard GoryachiyNot listed | Not listed |
 Rimma KorostelyovaNot listed | Not listed |
| VVladimir SichkarNot listed | Not listed |