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
