114 minutes
9/4/2003
Tiny Soviet village by the sea, in the years before the Second World War... A very young girl, Vera, falls madly in love with an older military officer who is visiting from out of town. She leaves her home and family to live with him in various military posts where he serves with the army. Through the difficulties of army life, and years of war, her love for this older man survives, and she gives herself completely without reservation. This film is about friendship, loss, survival, loyalty, and the wonderful gift of unconditional love, which is only given to a few.
Svetlana Khodchenkova
as Vera
Aleksandr Baluev
as Larichev
Inna Churikova
as Кунина
Irina Kupchenko
as Анна
Aleksandr Mikhaylov
as Юрлов
Olga Beryozkina
as Masha
Vitaliy Khaev
as Рябинин
Stanislav Govorukhin
as Комдив
Anatoliy Kotenyov
as colonel
Aleksandr Efimov
as army captain in car
Yevgeni Zharikov
as fellow passenger in car
Alexandra Kosteniuk
as Vera, Masha's daughter
Anatoli Paduka
as Director of hotel
Natalya Kosteneva
as Alisa
Maxim Galkin
as Kunina's partner in movie
Sergey Derevyanko
Igor Ravitskiy
Lyubov Anisimova
Evgeniya Dmitrieva
Elena Sokolova
Yuliya Yanovskaya
as General's wife
Igor Lenyov
Vladimir Kirsanov
Irina Kirillova
as Anna Petrovna
Galina Kobzar-Slobodyuk
as front-line doctor
Natalya Kovalyova
as военный хирург