The heroes of the play are the father and son, the Raskatovs, whose lives are marked by the echoes of the past war: the father, a prominent military leader, dies from wounds sustained during the war; the son perishes while disarming a Nazi chemical weapons depot.

Igor Ledogorov
Сергей Тимофеевич Раскатов

Mariya Skuratova
Ольга Максимовна

Vadim Ledogorov
Александр Раскатов

Iraida Soldatova
бабушка

Aleksandr Kondrashov
Александр Усачков

Alexander Petrov
Дыбов

Yuri Komissarov
Сергеев

Olga Vyalikova
Алла

Raisa Savelyeva
Кудряшкина

Andrey Shiryayev
генерал Семенов

Viktor Gavrilov
генерал Демин
Vyacheslav Persiyanov-Dubrov
генерал Гусев

Valeriy Abramov
генерал Тимофеев
Boris Petelin
генерал Трофимов
Leonid Persiyaninov
генерал Костров