The film's two main protagonists are Russia's best saber fencers. One of them has long been in the limelight, the other only recently made it into the national team and has been winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes begin to fight for supremacy both on and off the arena.

• Telesto
• Svetlana Khodchenkova
• Stasya Miloslavskaya
• Sergey Puskepalis
• Aleksey Barabash
• Yevgeni Syty
• Sofya Ernst
• Hilda Karmen
• Lesya Kudryashova