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!..
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Leonid KharitonovYefimka | Yefimka |
 Olga NarovchatovaVerka | Verka |
 Yekaterina MazurovaVerka's grandmother | Verka's grandmother |
 Vladimir SeleznyovYasha | Yasha |
 Yevgeniya MelnikovaYefimka's mother | Yefimka's mother |
 Nikolai NovlyanskyGrandpa | Grandpa |
 Mikhail UlyanovSobakin | Sobakin |
 Garri DuntsSquadron commander | Squadron commander |
 Pavel ShalnovStepan | Stepan |
| OOksana SivovaValka | Valka |
 Dmitri MatveyevNikolashka | Nikolashka |
| SSeryozha AndronovNot listed | Not listed |
| VV. DominikyantsNot listed | Not listed |
 Muin MukhitdinovRed army soldier | Red army soldier |
| VViktor UlyanovNot listed | Not listed |
 Sofya PavlovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Leonid MarkovNot listed | Not listed |
| II. NikitinaNot listed | Not listed |