
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