In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
Николай Бурляев
as Ivan
Валентин Зубков
as Kholin
Евгений Жариков
as Galtsev
Степан Крылов
as Katasonov
Микола Гринько
as Gryaznov
Dmytro Milyutenko
as Old Man
Валентина Малявина
as Masha
Irma Raush
as Ivan's Mother
Андрей Кончаловский
as Soldier with Glasses
Иван Савкин
as
Владимир Маренков
as
Vera Miturich
as Girl