Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

Vera Alentova
as Katya

Aleksey Batalov
as Gosha

Irina Muravyova
as Lyuda

Aleksandr Fatyushin
as Gurin

Raisa Ryazanova
as Antonina

Boris Smorchkov
as Nikolay

Yuri Vasilyev
as Rachkov

Natalya Vavilova
as Aleksandra

Oleg Tabakov
as Volodya

Yevgeniya Khanayeva
as Rachkov's mother