September, 1941. In a turn of events, young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board a barge that will evacuate people from the sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes — but not rescuers — were the first to arrive at the scene.

Mariya Melnikovaas Nastya
Andrey Mironov-Udalovas Kostya
Gela Meskhias Petruchik
Anastasiya Melnikovaas Mariya Nikolaevna, Nastya's mother
Sergey Zharkovas Gena
Natalya Tkachenkoas Liza
Valeriy Degtyaras Alexandr Naumovich, Nastya's father
Mikhail Morozovas Vitya
Nikolay Gorshkovas NKVD Colonel