They Were Known Only By Their Faces

Explosions are raging in one of the ports in the territory occupied by the German fascist invaders. An old and experienced military leader, Admiral Reinhardt, arrives to investigate these emergencies. Together with the head of the Gestapo, SS Standartenfuehrer Hübe, he takes all measures to suppress the activity of the partisans, raids and arrests, but all in vain. Underwater sabotage continues. A detachment of fighters with experience of submarine warfare is sent from Italy to fight the demolitions.

Cast

Irina Miroshnichenko

as Galina Ortynskaya

Aleksandr Belyavskiy

as Sergei Kulagin

Yuri Volkov

as Hübe

Vladimir Yemelyanov

as admiral Reinhardt

Vladimir Volchik

as Norte

Sergei Golovanov

as von Goetz

Yelena Dobronravova

as Wilma

Anatoliy Verbitskiy

as del Sarto

Marianna Strizhenova

as Adamova

Stepan Krylov

as Gordeyev

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