His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov is unable to perform his art. As a result, the young man feels so depressed that he considers his life wasted. One day, he decides to leave the capital and flee from the woman he loves, Natasha, a rising singing star. Andrei takes refuge in Siberia, his native land. Once there, he gets a job in a sawmill, where he entertains his fellow-workers playing the accordion during leisure hours. Some time later, Natasha and her company are expected in America where they are to do a tour. But an airplane breakdown forces the pilot to land next to the village in which Andrei lives and works...
as Andrei Nikolayevich Balashov
as Natasha Pavlovna Malinina
as Nastenka Petrovna Gusenkova
as Boris Olenich
as Grigori "Grisha" Galadya
as Prof. Vadim Sergeyevich Igonin
as военный / посетитель чайной / диспетчер (нет в титрах)
as Yakov Zakharonovich Burmak
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Kolkhoz worker (uncredited)
as Kapitolina Kondratyevna
as Nosov
as Teahouse visitor
