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...
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Vasili Merkuryev as Ladygin
Irina Skobtseva as Kira
Georgiy Kulikov as Aleksei
Evgeniya Kozyreva as Vera Artemyevna
Serafima Birman as Konstantsiya
Pyotr Konstantinov as Svekolkin
Roza Makagonova as Annushka
Aleksandra Panova as Parasha
Valentina Belyaeva as Aleksei's assistant
Ivan Bychkov as master who hangs the picture
Vladimir Maruta as Polynov
Mikhail Troyanovsky as neighbour-granddad
Nikolai Chistyakov as old man
Gurgen Tonunts as audience member in the theater (uncredited)
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