Events take place in the White Sea, 1942. New recruit Andrei Bulygin is assigned as an assistant machine gunner on a small ship that delivers soldiers and weapons to the front line. On the way back, German fighters sink the ship, leaving only Andrei alive. Having got out on the ice, he enters into an unequal battle with the cold and the German pilot von Bettger attacking him from the air...
Вячеслав Баранов
as Andrey Bulygin
Георгий Дрозд
as von Betger - german pilot
Эдуард Бочаров
as Ogorodnikov - sergeant
Нина Русланова
as Andrey's mother
Татьяна Догилева
as Tanya - nurse
Сергей Плотников
as Nikolaich
Виктор Мирошниченко
as wounded soldier
Elena Abalmasova
as Liza
Николай Волков
as uncle Pantelei - soldier
Юрий Назаров
as major
Геннадий Корольков
as red army captain
Vitaliy Grigorash
as