Little Alexander

May of 1945. Soviet soldiers conducting an operation to rescue the children in a small town in the territory of Germany.

Cast

Boris Tokarev

as Игорь Цветов, капитан

Yuriy Nazarov

as Василий Акимыч Хрищанович, старшина

Mikhail Kokshenov

as Курыкин, рядовой, шофёр

Olaf Shnaider

as Пинзель, воспитанник детского дома

Ute Lubosch

as Тесса, сотрудник-переводчик газеты

Gerry Wolff

as Хюбнер, бургомистр и директор детдома, бывший узник концлагеря

Walfriede Schmitt

as Фридель, кормилица детского дома

Nikolai Skorobogatov

as Русанов, полковник

Olaf Boddeutsch

as Петер, брат Ирмгард, сирота

Яна Ленц

as Ирмгард, сестра Петера, сирота

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