* Boris Chirkov as Ivan Shchuchkin
* Marina Ladynina as Klavdiya
* Nikolai Kryuchkov as Fyodor Ignatievich
* Vladimir Lednev as Captain Komarov
* Pavel Kadochnikov as Yakov
* Galina Kravchenko as Anya
* Sergei Martinson as Mikhail
The film was directed by Yuriy Yegorovich Raizman, and it's considered a classic of Soviet cinema. It's a powerful story about the resilience of the Soviet people during World War II, set against the backdrop of the construction of a vital railway in the Arctic.