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The film follows at length the lives of two friends – Alexei Trofimov and Ivan Varrava. In the 1920s they served together at a frontier outpost, fighting with the basmachs. It was there that the young men first heard, and remembered for the rest of their lives, their commander’s behest: “There is such a profession – defending one’s Motherland”. Then followed Spain, the Great Patriotic War, and peaceful time. The old friends reunite when they are already in the rank of generals. (iTunes)
(more)Cast
Georgij Jumatov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)
Admiral Ushakov (1953)
Alina Pokrovskaja
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Officers (1971)
Troe v lodke, ne schitaya sobaki (1979) (TV movie)
Nikolay Gorlov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Father Sergius (1978)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
Oblomov (1979)
Aleksei Smirnov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Chipollino (1972)
Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Lev Potěmkin
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Vasilisa prekrasnaya (1939)
Frosty (1964)
Konyok-Gorbunok (1941)
Muza Krepkogorskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)
Impossible! (1975)
The Young Guard (1948)
Виктор Проскурин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
A Cruel Romance (1984)
12 stulyev (1977) (series)
Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sokrovishcha Agry (1983) (TV movie)
Vladimir Zlatoustovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Officers (1971)
Aleksandr Voevodin
Best movies:
The Hot Snow (1972)
Officers (1971)
The Battle for Moscow (1985)
Valeriy Ryzhakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Commissar (1967)
Trial on the Road (1971)
Officers (1971)
Boris Gitin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
White Bim, black ear (1977)
My iz dzhaza (1983)
Teens In the Universe (1974)