Czechoslovakia, May 9, 1945. The end of the war has already been announced. Nikolai Savelyev dreams of returning to his hometown and teaching children history again. Suddenly a battle begins - the SS unit is trying to break through to the west. The battery commander chickened out and fled. Savelyev takes command. He receives a serious injury that leads to blindness. He is accompanied to his hometown by nurse Svetlana. Nikolai does not immediately manage to find his place in life...
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Valentin ZubkovNikolay Savelyev | Nikolay Savelyev |
 Liliya AleshnikovaSvetlana | Svetlana |
 Evgeni BurenkovKoren | Koren |
 Leonid ChubarovNot listed | Not listed |
 Pyotr DolzhanovNot listed | Not listed |
 Viktor KoltsovSchool Director | School Director |
 Tatyana KonyukhovaTasya | Tasya |
 Aleksandr LebedevNot listed | Not listed |
 Elena MaksimovaPelageya Ivanovna | Pelageya Ivanovna |
 Nikita MikhalkovNot listed | Not listed |
 Olga NarovchatovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Lyusyena OvchinnikovaKatya | Katya |
 Vladimir PitsekNot listed | Not listed |
 Viktor SeleznyovNot listed | Not listed |
 Nikolai SergeyevMaksim Petrovich | Maksim Petrovich |
 Nikolai SmirnovNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir SeleznyovNot listed | Not listed |