A 'runaway' homeless man, once a renowned athlete, finds himself marooned in the small, snow-covered town of Zarechensk. Victor lands a job at an orphanage, where he soon meets a young teacher who becomes both a compassionate friend and the love of his life. However, fate doesn't play out simply as good or bad; it unfolds in a way that makes the hero realize one cannot run away from oneself. Consequently, it is in Zarechensk that a train carrying a film crew from the capital, on their way back to Moscow, is compelled to delay their journey for a few days. Remarkably, Zarechensk becomes the place where a director finally discovers the perfect actress for his leading role and encounters a man who has fled from her love. Meanwhile, a producer makes the ultimate decision to select this town as the filming location for her upcoming movie.
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Mikhail Boyarskiy
Seleznyov Viktor Nikolaevich
Vera Glagoleva
Semyonova Mariya Sergeevna
Olga Ponizova
Sokolova Irina Semyonovna
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Zaitsev Mikhail Borisovich
Mikhail Ulyanov
Fyodorov Semyon Petrovich
Nina Usatova
Konovalova Galina Vasilyevna
Nikolay Eryomenko
Skvortsov - polkovnik militsii
Andrey Sokolov
Karetnikov Vladimir
Igor Kostolevskiy
Zimin Aleksandr - bankir
Gennadi Svir
Seva Samoshin - leitenant militsii
Olga Sutulova
Sveta Ponomaryova
Innokentiy Sichkar
Vova Kapitonov - «Kapitosha»
Aleksei Skvortsov
Kostya Kuznetsov
Inna Alekseyeva
Larisa Koretskaya
Ilona Shevnina
Natalya Starkova
Dmitriy Astrakhan
Director
Vladimir Pozdnyakov
Co-Director
Oleg Danilov
Screenplay
Vera Malysheva
Executive Producer
Vasily Karlovsky
Executive Producer
Konstantin Ernst
Producer
Anatoliy Maksimov
Producer
Yuriy Rayskiy
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Pantykin
Original Music Composer
Lyudmila Mikulo
Editor
Liliya Burdukova
Editor
Vladimir Dementyev
Production Design
