

88 minutes
12/30/1968
Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...

Evgeni Leonov
as Vladimir Oreshnikov

Irina Skobtseva
as Lidiya Sergeyevna

Valentina Talyzina
as Alevtina Vasiliyevna

Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Ivan Kalachyov

Aleksei Gribov
as Polotentsev

Gotlib Roninson
as Lidiya's Husband

Georgi Burkov
as Petya

Valentina Telichkina
as Olya

Svetlana Starikova
as Ira
Boris Suslov
as Yura

Nina Sazonova
as Mariya Petrovna

Viktor Shulgin
as Vasili Aleksandrovich

Antonina Dmitrieva

Feliks Yavorsky

Vladimir Gulyaev

Ekaterina Savinova

Zoya Isayeva

Nina Agapova
Vitaliy Komissarov

Viktor Kolpakov

German Kachin

Vera Burlakova