Synopsis
The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
Main Casting
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina
Pelagia Dyomina
Anatoliy Bykov
'Don Diego', stationmaster
Volodymyr Mikhajlov
Pelagia's husband
I. Levkoyeva
Komsomol member
Ivan Yudin
Misha, komsomol member
Vladimir Popov
Village council caretaker
Osip Brik
Speaker on the dangers of bureaucracy
Alexandr Gromov
Registration and distribution official
Ratings
Technical team
Yakov Protazanov Directing
Vasily Lokot Writing
Production