Overview
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...
Cast
- 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