The front-line friends during the heavy battle swore to each other that the one who would survive would continue the work of the deceased. Mikhail Nesterov remained alive and the main business of his life was the search for a deposit of valuable clay. These searches began his friend before the war, in remote taiga places. Yevdokiya Perevalova — the widow of a deceased friend decides to help Nesterov get to those deaf places...
Nesterov
Yevdokiya
Frolov
Sima
Lida
Irishka
Glasha
head of the geological laboratory
Ivan Gavrilovich
balalaika player
Agrafena
administrator in the collective farmer's house
Lida's mother
collective farmer-driver
Klavdiya Suchkova
Glasha's father
Glasha's mother
curious soldier woman
female driver
charioteer
secretary
collective farmer
collective farmer (uncredited)
Yegor (uncredited)
old tractor driver (uncredited)
Silantyev (uncredited)
Director
Production Design
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Novel
Editor
Costume Design
Director of Photography
Production Design
Original Music Composer
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Songs
Script Editor
Assistant Director
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
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Assistant Camera
First Assistant Director
Assistant Editor
Sound Assistant
Executive Producer