Plots(1)
On the eve of World War I, a small village in the Baikal region recovering from the October Revolution braces itself for further upheaval. Roman, a young Cossack, is a carefree daredevil whose only concern in life is whether pretty Dashutka will marry him or his rival, a merchant's son. Between romancing and fistfights, however, he comes to realize that the world around him is a much bigger place than he had imagined, and soon he must choose a side on which to fight. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Yuri Solomin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812654_2a2b6c.jpg)
Yuri Solomin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Proshschay, Gyulsary! (1968)
The Red Tent (1969)
![Vasiliy Shukshin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/642/102642924_6569e7.jpg)
Vasiliy Shukshin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Liberation (1971)
The Commissar (1967)
Liberation: The Fire Bulge (1970)
![Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/597/158597509_0c3379.jpg)
Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 stulyev (1977) (series)
Love and Lies (1980)
They Fought for Their Country (1975)
![Vitaliy Solomin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/602/158602638_0bc704.jpg)
Vitaliy Solomin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Siberiade (1979)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) (TV movie)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980) (TV movie)
Arkadiy Tigay
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Peculiarities of the National Politics (2003)
Kole Sharlotty (1984) (TV movie)
Dauriya (1971)
![Georgiy Shtil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/510/159510562_2b40b0.jpg)
Georgiy Shtil
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Siberiade (1979)
Interventsiya (1968)
Sherlock Holmes (2013) (series)
![Mikhail Kokshenov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/544/159544980_44dfdc.jpg)
Mikhail Kokshenov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Garage (1979)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty... (1976)
Igor Dmitrijev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Hamlet (1964)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
![Valentina Pugachyova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/796/163796284_aaf804.jpg)
Valentina Pugachyova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse (1956)
Tsarevich Prosha (1974)
Ižorskiy batalon (1972)
Oleg Dashkevich
Soviet Union
Fyodor Odinokov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ten Little Indians (1987)
Prishyol soldat s fronta (1971)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1981) (TV movie)