95 minutes
3/8/1957
Based on the play of the same name by Leonid Leonov. The famous singer Ladygin, who has won success and fame, lives in a spacious apartment furnished with paintings and luxury goods. Suddenly, an old front-line friend, a prominent scientist Svekolkin, comes to Ladygin. Realizing that for Ladygin, ranks and titles are more valuable than human qualities, Svekolkin tells his friend that he works as a simple cashier. This leads to a number of misunderstandings and comic situations...
Vasili Merkuryev
as Ladygin
Irina Skobtseva
as Kira
Georgiy Kulikov
as Aleksei
Evgeniya Kozyreva
as Vera Artemyevna
Serafima Birman
as Konstantsiya
Pyotr Konstantinov
as Svekolkin
Roza Makagonova
as Annushka
Aleksandra Panova
as Parasha
Valentina Belyaeva
as Aleksei's assistant
Ivan Bychkov
as master who hangs the picture
Vladimir Maruta
as Polynov
Mikhail Troyanovsky
as neighbour-granddad
Nikolai Chistyakov
as old man
Gurgen Tonunts
as audience member in the theater (uncredited)