In the summer of 1932, Sergei Lukonin, a young man from Saratov, leaves his hometown for the distant city of Omsk to attend tank school. His fiancée, Varenka, who soon became an actress, remained in Saratov. In 1936, Sergei went to fight in the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded, taken prisoner, escaped, and returned to training battles, with June 1941 looming ahead.
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Сергей Луконин
Nikolai Bogolyubov
Аркадий Бурмин
Lidiya Smirnova
Варя
Nikolai Mordvinov
Васнецов
Vladimir Kandelaki
Гулиашвили
Nina Zorskaya
Женя
Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Сафонов
Valeriy Medvedev
Petka
In the summer of 1932, Sergei Lukonin, a young man from Saratov, leaves his hometown for the distant city of Omsk to attend tank school. His fiancée, Varenka, who soon became an actress, remained in Saratov. In 1936, Sergei went to fight in the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded, taken prisoner, escaped, and returned to training battles, with June 1941 looming ahead.
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