
Ilya Rudenko, chairman of the prosperous collective farm, prepared for the solemn welcome of his famous countryman, retired Colonel Koval. Arriving to relax in the Lull, the former colonel was surprised by Ilya's strange approach to collective well-being. And when the chairman began to prepare the entire harvest of the apple orchard for shipment to the North to sell it at exorbitant prices, Koval said his word harshly and unequivocally — and received the same unequivocal support from all residents of the Calm...

as Larion Ivanovich Koval, retired colonel

as Ilya Grigorievich Rudenko, collective farm chairman

as Ulyana Dmitrievna Dudulka, milkmaid

as Ivan Klimich Anointed, collective farm business executive

as Vasily Tikhonovich Kryachka, village council chairman

as Domakha Sviridovna, milkmaid

as Gordey Semyonovich Tyavkalo, farm manager

as Vasilyok

as Vasilyok (voice)

as Prudkiy