Overview

Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...

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Cast

Georgiy Yumatov

Nikolai Khromov

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Sirotkin

Tamara Syomina

Arina

Anatoliy Papanov

Akim Sevastyanovich

German Kachin

Viktor

Svetlana Kharitonova

Tonya

Boris Chirkov

granddad at the airfield

Nikolai Kryukov

Volkov (uncredited)

Irina Gubanova

health resort's doctor (uncredited)

Sergey Dreyden

rescuer (uncredited)

Boris Arakelov

driver (uncredited)