In the summer of 1942, the Soviet army is fighting the Germans on the Don River. Young lieutenant Ogarkov gets lost in the steppe and fails to deliver a redeployment order. For that, he is sentenced to death. Now, another soldier has to lead him across the steppes to his death.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Valeri BabyatinskyOgarkov | Ogarkov |
 Lev DurovSinyaev | Sinyaev |
 Svetlana KonovalovaVarvara Petrovna | Varvara Petrovna |
| AAsu NurekenovDzhurabaev | Dzhurabaev |
| EEvgeniya PresnikovaMaria | Maria |
 Anatoliy VerbitskiyLieutenant | Lieutenant |
 Ivan KuznetsovGabidullin | Gabidullin |
| DDmitriy MasanovVoskresensky | Voskresensky |
| VViktor NovoselskyMayor | Mayor |
| AAndrei PetrovBaptist | Baptist |
 Ivan RyabininLieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel |
 Gennady SayfulinTyulkin | Tyulkin |
 Konstantin KhudyakovLieutenant | Lieutenant |
| DDmitriy ChislovRelief Commander | Relief Commander |
| GGeorgi ShapovalovNot listed | Not listed |
| RR. BoveNot listed | Not listed |