

101 minutes
12/31/1959
The end of the 50s. The former head of the department Bulygin is sent from Moscow to Siberia to build a bridge across the Severnaya River. With him goes his family: his wife, son, daughter and his daughter's fiancé. Once an experienced builder, and now just an overbearing official, Bulygin cannot find common ground with the workers, and people begin to leave the construction site. However, after many experiences and mental trials Bulygin regains the features of a skillful leader.

Vasili Merkuryev
as Ivan Bulygin

Natalya Medvedeva
as Anna Semyonovna

Aleksandra Zavyalova
as Lena

Oleg Tabakov
as Viktor Bulygin

Lyudmila Kasyanova
as Olya

Yevgeni Shutov
as Orlov

Vladimir Druzhnikov
as Odintsov

Gleb Glebov
as Paromov
Yuri Sokolik
as Sedykh

Stepan Kayukov
as Khorkov

Anatoly Vedyonkin
as Udachin

Nina Doroshina
as Oksana

Aleksei Gribov

Leonid Chubarov
Vladimir Musatov
Boris Pyasetskiy
Nikolay Surovtsev
L. Aryshtayev

Yakov Lents
as (uncredited)

Valentina Ananina
as (uncredited)

Vladimir Pitsek
as (uncredited)

Nadezhda Samsonova
as (uncredited)
Ivan Aleksandrov
as (uncredited)

Pyotr Dolzhanov
as (uncredited)
El Traktovenko
as (uncredited)

Georgiy Shamshurin
as (uncredited)
Nadezhda Efimova
as (uncredited)