

106 minutes
7/2/1968
A respected history teacher, Ilya Semenovich Melnikov, decides to quit his job due to distressing rumors about a colleague who is in love with him. His final week is disrupted when a student's controversial essay on happiness sparks a classroom conflict. Melnikov's intervention in the situation ultimately causes him to reconsider his decision to resign.

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov - History Teacher

Irina Pechernikova
as Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova - English Language Teacher

Nina Menshikova
as Svetlana Mikhailovna - Russian Language and Literature Teacher

Mikhail Zimin
as Nikolai Borisovich

Dalvin Shcherbakov
as Borya Rudnitskiy

Nadir Malishevsky
as TV presenter

Olga Zhizneva
as Polina Andreevna
Lyudmila Arkharova
as Nadya Ogarysheva

Valeri Zubarev
as Genka Shestopal

Olga Ostroumova
as Rita Cherkasova

Igor Starygin
as Kostya Batishchev
Roza Grigoryeva
as Sveta Demidova

Yuriy Chernov
as Syromyatnikov

Lyubov Sokolova
as Levikova
Arkadi Listarov
as Vova Levikov

Nina Emelyanova
as Taisiya Nikolayevna (as N. Yemelyanova)

German Kachin
as Igor Stepanovich
Klavdiya Lepanova
as Klavdiya Sergeevna

Sofya Garrel
as Raisa Pavlovna

Nina Emelyanova
as Taisiya Nikolaevna

Valentina Telegina
as school nanny

Nina Grebeshkova
as Allochka

Sofiya Pilyavskaya
as Teacher

Yakov Lents
as Elderly Geography Teacher

Viktor Markin
as Teacher