In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

Andrey Martynov
as Fedot Evgrafovich Vaskov

Irina Dolganova
as Sonya Gurvich

Elena Drapeko
as Liza Brichkina

Ekaterina Markova
as Galya Chetvertak

Olga Ostroumova
as Zhenya Komelkova

Irina Shevchuk
as Rita Ovsyanina

Lyudmila Zaytseva
as Kiryanova

Alla Meshcheryakova
as Mariya Nikiforovna

Nina Emelyanova
as Polina Egorovna

Aleksei Chernov
as comrade "Third"