The former supervisor of the camp of political prisoners, Barkhatov, turned out to be an ordinary corporal in the war, failed, and did not want to change in the new circumstances and remained a camp "turntable". And during the war, being together with naive village people, he arranged a small "puppet" theater, where he became the main "puppeteer".
Олексій Горбунов
as Major
Анатолий Гущин
as Sergey Pichugov (middle brother)
Иван Криворучко
as Aleksandr Gavriilovich Pichugov (father)
Alesya Pukhovaya
as Manya
Яков Шамшин
as Pavel Pichugov (younger brother)
Константин Воробьёв
as Anatoliy Demyanovich Barkhatov (Corporal)
Svetlana Zelenkovskaya
as German captive
Дмитрий Ульянов
as Arsentiy Pichugov
Виктор Рыбчинский
as Lieutenant Paleev
Innokentiy Sichkar
as Phone operator
