
The film tells the story of an ordinary guy Anton Kandidov. First he works on agricultural work — transports on boat on Volga watermelons. Noticing how deftly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football. And he decides to follow the advice. On the way to the glory of the goalkeeper and waiting for his victory and disappointment.
Cast

Grigory Pluzhnik
Anton Kandidov

Tatyana Guretskaya
Grusha

Lyudmila Glazova
Nastya

Anatoli Goryunov
Karasik

Valeri Solovtsov
Bukhvostov

Yakov Gudkin
Foma

Vladimir Kryuger
Tsvetochkin

German Erasmus
Ryzhy

Fyodor Kurikhin
Football fan (uncredited)
Konstantin Gibshman
Doctor (uncredited)
Erna Mashkevich
Spectator (uncredited)
Tatyana Rayt
(uncredited)
Ivan Sizov
Stadium cleaner (uncredited)
Crew

Semyon Timoshenko
Director

Lev Kassil
Writer
Lazar Yudin
Writer

Vladimir Danashevsky
Director of Photography
Igor Chernyak
Executive Producer
A. Goldburt
Production Assistant
Pyotr Yakimov
Production Design
Vladimir Kalyagin
Production Design
Vladimir Yakovlev
Assistant Camera
V. Muravyov
Sound Director

Isaak Dunayevsky
Original Music Composer
Georgiy Abramov
Songs
Sofya Ivnitskaya
Songs

Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach
Lyricist
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