The former supervisor of the camp of political prisoners, Barkhatov, turned out to be an ordinary corporal in the war, failed, and did not want to change in the new circumstances and remained a camp "turntable". And during the war, being together with naive village people, he arranged a small "puppet" theater, where he became the main "puppeteer".
as Major
as Sergey Pichugov (middle brother)
as Aleksandr Gavriilovich Pichugov (father)
as Manya
as Pavel Pichugov (younger brother)
as Anatoliy Demyanovich Barkhatov (Corporal)
as German captive
as Arsentiy Pichugov
as Lieutenant Paleev
as Phone operator