The film covers the events in Lithuania in 1940-1945 and tells about the life of the Lithuanian intelligentsia. The characters are placed in crisis situations, when the problem of choosing a path, the problem of social and historical self-determination of the fate of the people and each person inevitably arises.
Juozas Budraitis
as Gediminas Džiugas
Laimonas Noreika
as Mykolas Džiugas, jo tėvas
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Adomas Vainoras
Antanas Šurna
as Marius Nemunis („Raudonasis Marius“)
Stasys Petronaitis
as Keršys
Elle Kull
as Akvilė
Arnas Rosenas
as Dangelis
Sigitas Račkys
as Dangelio adjutantas
Gediminas Girdvainis
as Žakaitis
Juozas Jaruševičius
as Putrimas („Juodoji Bigė“)
Kazimieras Preikštas
as Vainoras, Adomo tėvas
Antanas Barčas
as Bugenis
