

79 minutes
6/28/1963
An old pickpocket named "Cardinal", during the days of the International Festival of Youth and Students, decides to gather old “personnels” to prepare small and large thefts from the festival participants. During the "conference" it turns out that a complete "personnel crisis" has come. The ensuing meeting with the former bootlegger — Senka-Moroz, who broke with his past and found happiness in his family and honest work, leads the Cardinal to confusion and mental confusion. A conversation with Professor Muromtsev, a terminally ill person who nevertheless cares about the fate of others, shock the "Cardinal" and he takes the first but decisive step towards a new life, breaking with the criminal world.

Vladimir Kenigson
as "Cardinal"

Lev Ivanov
as Muromtsev

Eduard Bredun
as Senka-Moroz

Izolda Izvitskaya
as Nadya
Leonid Usach
as "Bubble"
Emmanuil Nelin
as "Zyamka-kangaroo"

Nikolay Gagarin
as "Pigeon"

Gurgen Tonunts
as "Doctor"

Pyotr Repnin
as Kadetskiy

Vsevolod Yakut
as "Author"

Konstantin Bartashevich
as german

Nina Agapova
as robbed woman

Bulat Okudzhava
as bus passenger

Yevdokiya Urusova
as aunt Sasha
Mikhail Vorobyov
as pickpocket