The film plays one of a little-known pages of the biography of Arkady Gaidar, the young man when he was appointed commander of the detachment CHON (special-purpose parts)...
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Andrei RostotskyArkady Petrovich Golikov | Arkady Petrovich Golikov |
 Ivan Kraskoataman Solovyov | ataman Solovyov |
 German KachinPasha Nikitin | Pasha Nikitin |
 Georgi MartirosyanBlacksmith | Blacksmith |
 Aleksey BakharMakar | Makar |
 Yury MaynagashevFedka Ochol | Fedka Ochol |
 Oleg BalakinOstapenko | Ostapenko |
 Asankul KuttubayevDed nikto | Ded nikto |
 Svetlana Chebodaeva-ChaptikovaNastya | Nastya |
 Danuta StolyarskayaEvdokiya | Evdokiya |
 Vitaly KanzychakovArthas | Arthas |
 Nina SarukhanovaTaryka | Taryka |
 Aleksey MikhaylovRodionov | Rodionov |
 Yuri KotyushevAstanaev | Astanaev |
 Georgiy YumatovMartynov | Martynov |
 Nikolai TomashevskyTomashevsky | Tomashevsky |
 Victor Butanaevexecuted resident of Khakassia | executed resident of Khakassia |