Events take place in the White Sea, 1942. New recruit Andrei Bulygin is assigned as an assistant machine gunner on a small ship that delivers soldiers and weapons to the front line. On the way back, German fighters sink the ship, leaving only Andrei alive. Having got out on the ice, he enters into an unequal battle with the cold and the German pilot von Bettger attacking him from the air...
Andrey Bulygin
von Betger - german pilot
Ogorodnikov - sergeant
Andrey's mother
Tanya - nurse
Nikolaich
wounded soldier
Liza
uncle Pantelei - soldier
major
red army captain
Acting
nurse
nurse
nurse
sailor
wounded soldier
sailor-helmsman
wounded soldier
Mokhov - soldier
May 21, 1984
Andrey Bulygin
von Betger - german pilot
Ogorodnikov - sergeant
Andrey's mother
Tanya - nurse
Nikolaich
wounded soldier
Liza
uncle Pantelei - soldier
major
red army captain
Acting
nurse
nurse
nurse
sailor
wounded soldier
sailor-helmsman
wounded soldier
Mokhov - soldier