The movie takes place during Russia's civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Mensheviks). Andrejka and Yarinka are a young betrothed couple in the village of Malinovka, caught between the battle lines. Gritsian is the leader of a Menshevik band who are planning to attack the village. Yarinka appeals to the local Bolshevik commander for his faction's help. The Bolsheviks quickly come up with a plan to save the village... but the plan requires Yarinka to enter into a pretend marriage with Gritsian.
Andrei Tutyshkin
Director
Leonid Yukhvid
Writer
Boris Aleksandrov
Original Music Composer
Vyacheslav Fastovich
Director of Photography
Vladimir Samoylov
Nazar
Lyudmyla Alfimova
Sofya
Valentina Lysenko
Yarinka
Yevgeni Lebedev
Nechipor
Zoya Fyodorova
Gapusya
Geliy Sysoev
Andreyka
Mikhail Pugovkin
Yashka
Nikolai Slichenko
Petrya
Andrei Abrikosov
Balyasny
Grigori Abrikosov
Gritsyan
Mikhail Vodyanoy
Popandopulo
Tamara Nosova
Komarikha
