The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.
Ivan Novoseltsev
as Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov (as I. Novoseltsev)
Yelena Kuzmina
as Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova (as E. Kuzmina)
Алексей Долинин
as Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin (as A. Dolinin)
Александр Чистяков
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist (as A. Chistyakov)
Андрей Файт
as Colonel Skuratov (as A. Fayt)
Иван Кузнецов
as Soldier Yusuf Akchurin (as I. Kuznetsov)
Petro Masokha
as Soldier Petr Sviridenko (as P. Masokha)
Pavel Yudin
as Soldier Petrov (as P. Yudin)
Dmitriy Zolts
as Soldier Dmitriy Levkoev (as D. Zolts)
Виктор Кулаков
as Soldier Balandin (as V. Kulakov)
Степан Крылов
as Soldier Zhurba (as S. Krylov)
Aleksandr Kepinov
as Soldier Muradov (as A. Kepinov)
