Story :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...
Cast
Vasili MerkuryevLadygin
Irina SkobtsevaKira
Georgiy KulikovAleksei
Evgeniya KozyrevaVera Artemyevna
Serafima BirmanKonstantsiya
Pyotr KonstantinovSvekolkin
Roza MakagonovaAnnushka
Aleksandra PanovaParasha
Valentina BelyaevaAleksei's assistant
Ivan Bychkovmaster who hangs the picture
Vladimir MarutaPolynov
Mikhail Troyanovskyneighbour-granddad
Nikolai Chistyakovold man
Gurgen Tonuntsaudience member in the theater (uncredited)