Synopsis
The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Lev KulidzhanovDirector
- Nikolai FigurovskyWriter
- Leonid AfanasyevOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Inna GulayaNatasha
- Yuriy NikulinKuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
- Leonid KuravlyovLenka
- Vasiliy ShukshinChairman of the Kolkhoz
- Lyudmila ChursinaZoya
- Viktor PavlovCast
- Yekaterina MazurovaAnastasiya Borisovna
- Yelena KorolyovaNyurka
- Yevgeniya MelnikovaCast
- Arkadi TrusovCast
- Pavel ShalnovCast
- Georgi ShapovalovCast
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