Valentin Popov (Sergei), Nikolai Gubenko, and Stanislav Lyubshin.
Nikita Khrushchev famously attacked the film in 1963, particularly a scene where Sergei imagines a conversation with his father (who died in WWII). Khrushchev was outraged that the "father" could not provide the "son" with clear life instructions. Mne dvadtsat let(1965)
The film was originally titled Zastava Ilyicha (Ilyich's Gate). Valentin Popov (Sergei)