

In the summer of 1942, the Soviet army is fighting the Germans on the Don River. Young lieutenant Ogarkov gets lost in the steppe and fails to deliver a redeployment order. For that, he is sentenced to death. Now, another soldier has to lead him across the steppes to his death.
Directed by Anatoli Efros, Gleb Kuznetsov
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2 votes
Released
July 5, 1962
1h 22m
Russian

Valeri Babyatinsky
Ogarkov

Lev Durov
Sinyaev

Svetlana Konovalova
Varvara Petrovna
Asu Nurekenov
Dzhurabaev
Evgeniya Presnikova
Maria

Anatoliy Verbitskiy
Lieutenant

Ivan Kuznetsov
Gabidullin
Dmitriy Masanov
Voskresensky
Viktor Novoselsky
Mayor
Andrei Petrov
Baptist

Ivan Ryabinin
Lieutenant-Colonel

Gennady Sayfulin
Tyulkin

Konstantin Khudyakov
Lieutenant
Dmitriy Chislov
Relief Commander
Georgi Shapovalov
R. Bove