Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...
- Created by
- Vladimir Vengerov
- Origin
- SU
- TMDB rating
- 4.8 / 10 · 6 votes
Cast
Georgiy YumatovNikolai Khromov
Aleksandr DemyanenkoSirotkin
Tamara SyominaArina
Anatoliy PapanovAkim Sevastyanovich
German KachinViktor
Svetlana KharitonovaTonya
Boris Chirkovgranddad at the airfield
Nikolai KryukovVolkov (uncredited)
Irina Gubanovahealth resort's doctor (uncredited)- Nikolay Kuzmindriver (uncredited)