Vasiliy Shukshin
Pyotr Lopakhin
July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.
Pyotr Lopakhin
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev / Director / Writer
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
pvt. Nekrasov
sergeant Poprischenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
corporal Kochetygov
pvt. Nikiforov
cook lisichenko
Colonel Marchenko
Natalya Stepanovna
surgeon
old Cossack woman
head nurse
nurse
Glasha
Luka Mikhalych
soldier Akim Borzykh
Director
