
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...

as Ladygin

as Kira

as Aleksei

as Vera Artemyevna

as Konstantsiya

as Svekolkin

as Annushka

as Parasha

as Aleksei's assistant

as master who hangs the picture

as Polynov

as neighbour-granddad

as old man

as audience member in the theater (uncredited)