

74 minutes
12/20/1969
The story of the hero of the Soviet Union, Manshuk Mametova, machine-gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd shock army of the Kalinin Front, the guards sergeant in charge. The first woman awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery. The film recreates the past and shows a day of combat life Manshuk and her comrades, who took unequal battle with German tanks.

Natalya Arinbasarova
as Manshuk Mametova

Nikita Mikhalkov
as Valeri Yezhov

Ivan Ryzhov
as Ivan Petrovich Samsonov

Viktor Avdyushko
as Sukov

Yuriy Sarantsev
as Lomov

Farida Sharipova
as mother

Olesya Ivanova
as madwoman

Ivan Dmitriev
as Vladimir Stepanovich Maksimov

Kauken Kenzhetayev
as father

Nikolai Sergeyev
as engineer
Eskender Umurzakov
as Omar Khadzhibergenov
Viktor Bazhenov
as Styopa Kikin

Yuriy Sorokin
as Yurgenev

Leonid Chubarov
as Bulba

Yuriy Kireev
as Simakov

Igor Surovtsev
as Igor

Igor Bezyaev
as Mikheich

Stanislav Korenev
as german officer

Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev
as Nurzhuman Zharkinbayev