Alexander Pavlovich Reznikov is short of two hundred rubles (in the 1970s, about one and a half months’ salary for an office worker) to pay for the travel vouchers. His neighbor, a moonlighting contractor named Yura, offers Reznikov a way to earn the money in a single day. To do this, Alexander Palych must be present at the demolition of an old wooden house in the role of a foreman, while Yura will bring in students for the job. He will pay them ten rubles each, while they themselves will receive two hundred and fifty apiece. Reznikov agrees.
as Reznikov
as Yura
as husband of Reznikov's ex-wife
as Reznikov's ex-wife
as Olga
as Kolesnikov
as secretary at the publishing house
as Vladimir Konstantinovich
as Bodnar
as Galkin
as Reznikov's friend
as sabbath student
as Totskiy
as Tugolukov
as Reznikov's son
