The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.

Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov

Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova

Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin

Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

Colonel Skuratov

Soldier Yusuf Akchurin

Soldier Balandin

Soldier Zhurba

Soldier Nikolai Gusiev

Soldier Kuliev
May 8, 1937

Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov

Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova

Soldier Aleksey Timoshkin

Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

Colonel Skuratov

Soldier Yusuf Akchurin

Soldier Balandin

Soldier Zhurba

Soldier Nikolai Gusiev

Soldier Kuliev

