Zigzag of Success
Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...
Cast
Evgeni Leonov
as Vladimir Oreshnikov
Irina Skobtseva
as Lidiya Sergeyevna
Valentina Talyzina
as Alevtina Vasiliyevna
Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Ivan Kalachyov
Aleksei Gribov
as Polotentsev
Gotlib Roninson
as Lidiya's Husband
Georgi Burkov
as Petya
Valentina Telichkina
as Olya
Svetlana Starikova
as Ira
Boris Suslov
as Yura
