The German conquerors are above nothing, not even the slaughter of small children, to break the spirit of their Soviet captives. Suffering more than most is Olena, a Soviet partisan who returns to the village to bear her child, only to endure the cruelest of arbitrary tortures at the hands of the Nazis.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Nina AlisovaPusya | Pusya |
 Nataliia UzhviiOlena Kostyuk | Olena Kostyuk |
 Yelena TyapkinaFedosya | Fedosya |
 Hans KleringKurt Werner | Kurt Werner |
 Anton DunaiskyiEvdokim Petrovich Ohapka | Evdokim Petrovich Ohapka |
 Valentyna IvashovaOlga | Olga |
 Anna LisyanskayaMalyuchikha | Malyuchikha |
 Vladimir ChoburSerhiy Kravchenko | Serhiy Kravchenko |
| MMykola BraterskyiPetro Haplyk | Petro Haplyk |
 Emma MalayaNot listed | Not listed |
| YYelizaveta KhutornayaGrokhachikha | Grokhachikha |
| VViktor BubnovComrade of lieutenant Kravchenko (uncredited) | Comrade of lieutenant Kravchenko (uncredited) |
| VVasiliy MaksimovGerman Officer | German Officer |