As she works in her tedious office job, Maria Ivanovna dreams about being married, and she has particular hopes that her co-worker Nikodim Mityushin will take an interest in her. Nikodim, though, is in love with Zina, who sells cigarettes on the sidewalk, and he frequently buys cigarettes from her even though he does not smoke. One day, a film crew uses Zina as an extra in an outdoor scene, and the cameraman, Latugin, falls in love with her. Latugin soon arranges an acting job for Zina. To complicate matters further, Zina has yet another admirer in Oliver MacBride, an American businessman who is visiting Moscow.
as Zina Vesenina, cigarette girl
as Nikodim Mityushin, bookkeeper
as Latugin, cameraman
as Maria Ivanovna
as film director
as Oliver Mak-Brayt amerikanets
as sluzhashchiy i nosil'shchik
as kinoaktrisa
as Film actor
