War, 1944. Soldier Zhenya Kolyshkin, a fragile intellectual from Arbat, sets out on New Year's Eve to collect a parcel, but stumbles upon a German dugout. He manages to escape, but guard duty is inevitable. Zhenya's predicament is brightened by Zhenechka, a communications officer in the Katyusha regiment.
Cast
Oleg Dal
Zhenya Kolyshkin
Galina Figlovskaya
Zhenechka Zemlyanikina
Georgiy Shtil
Romadin
Pavel Morozenko
Aleksei Zyryanov
Mikhail Kokshenov
Zakhar
Mark Bernes
Colonel Karavayev
Vladimir Ilin
Unknown
Nikolai Godovikov
Unknown
Aleksandr Kavalerov
Unknown
Lyubov Malinovskaya
Unknown
Vladimir Fyodorov
Unknown
Aleksandr Ulyanov
Unknown
Vakhtang Tumanov
Unknown
Crew
Vladimir Motyl
Director, Writer
Bulat Okudzhava
Writer
Kheyli Elken
Script Editor
Elena Bazhenova
Editor
V. Nesterova
Editor
Konstantin Ryzhov
Director of Photography
O. Gavlovskaya
Producer
Viktor Volin
Production Design
K. Polukhin
Camera Operator
Vilya Rakhmatulina
Costume Design
Nina Skvortsova
Makeup & Hair
Perets Tiskin
Second Unit Director
V. Stepanov
Second Unit Director
Yevgeni Nesterov
Sound Director
Isaac Schwarts
Original Music Composer
Ye. Yakuba
Set Designer
Leo Korkhin
Conductor
