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To earn money for married life, a young engaged man takes a job as an engineer on a privately operated oil drilling rig in the far North of Russia. A friend's letter brings the sad news that his fiancée has already married someone else and in desperation he quits his job and flies back to Moscow. There all his vast efforts to win her back seem in vain...
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To earn money for married life, a young engaged man takes a job as an engineer on a privately operated oil drilling rig in the far North of Russia. A friend's letter brings the sad news that his fiancée has already married someone else and in desperation he quits his job and flies back to Moscow. There all his vast efforts to win her back seem in vain...
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Georgiy Daneliya, Sergey Dernov
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:Roskomkino, Mosfilm, Ritm
Cast
Georgiy Daneliya
Director
Kirill Pirogov
Олег Чагин
Polina Kutepova
Зина Прищепкина
Stanislav Govorukhin
Зосима Петрович (руководитель "Газпрома", шеф Чагина)
Natalya Rassiyeva
Lena
Sergey Shvydkoy
friend of Oleg Chagin
Leonid Yarmolnik
Гоша
Oleg Basilashvili
Professor Savitsky
Ivan Ryzhov
Timofeich
Gennadiy Nazarov
Vadik
Irina Shelamova
Lariska
Olga Mashnaya
Nurse
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