Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
Vakhtang Kikabidze
as Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari [Mimino]
Մհեր Մկրտչյան
as Ruben Khachikyan (Rubik-djan)
Евгений Леонов
as Ivan Volokhov
Елена Проклова
as Larisa Ivanovna Komarova, stewardess
Марина Дюжева
as Svetlana Georgievna - Mimino's lawyer
არჩილ გომიაშვილი
as Nugzar Papishvili - the father of Varlaam
Леонид Куравлёв
as Professor Khachikyan
Савелий Крамаров
as Criminal Exiting the Court House
Владимир Басов
as Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer
Борислав Брондуков
as Mimino's Helicopter Passenger
Лариса Барабанова
as The barmaid at the airport
Алексей Алексеев
as prokuror
