After graduating from the institute in Leningrad, the young geologist Volodya Batanin arrives to work for distribution to a coal plant in the Arctic.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Anatoliy KuznetsovBatanin | Batanin |
 Natalya FateyevaAlla Kraeva | Alla Kraeva |
 Nikolai BogolyubovEgor Krayev | Egor Krayev |
 Georgiy KulikovIvan Guschin | Ivan Guschin |
 Boris KordunovNot listed | Not listed |
 Yuriy SarantsevKapralov | Kapralov |
 Afanasi KochetkovSergey Baykov | Sergey Baykov |
 Nikolay GrabbeVolkov | Volkov |
 Valentin BryleevHooligan | Hooligan |
 Aleksandr LebedevKazulin | Kazulin |
 Pyotr LyubeshkinMiner | Miner |
| AAleksei YanNot listed | Not listed |
| NNikolai AparinMan | Man |
 Sergey Borisovчлен парткома | член парткома |