The former supervisor of the camp of political prisoners, Barkhatov, turned out to be an ordinary corporal in the war, failed, and did not want to change in the new circumstances and remained a camp "turntable". And during the war, being together with naive village people, he arranged a small "puppet" theater, where he became the main "puppeteer".
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Oleksiy HorbunovMajor | Major |
 Anatoliy GushchinSergey Pichugov (middle brother) | Sergey Pichugov (middle brother) |
 Ivan KrivoruchkoAleksandr Gavriilovich Pichugov (father) | Aleksandr Gavriilovich Pichugov (father) |
| AAlesya PukhovayaManya | Manya |
 Yakov ShamshinPavel Pichugov (younger brother) | Pavel Pichugov (younger brother) |
 Konstantin VorobyovAnatoliy Demyanovich Barkhatov (Corporal) | Anatoliy Demyanovich Barkhatov (Corporal) |
 Svetlana ZelenkovskayaGerman captive | German captive |
 Dmitri UlyanovArsentiy Pichugov | Arsentiy Pichugov |
 Victor RybchinskiyLieutenant Paleev | Lieutenant Paleev |
 Innokentiy SichkarPhone operator | Phone operator |