Aleksei comes to Chelyabinsk from Moscow — a young student who proclaims a free lifestyle, not constrained by everyday hard labor. Aleksei falls in love with a young singer Lyudmila, the daughter of hereditary workers. When a Moscow student enters the family of noble steelworkers — people who are proud of their working roots, his self-identity changes. From now on, to Aleksei idleness already seems shameful, and idleness is shameful. To be worthy of such highly respected people as the Ivanov family, Aleksei goes to work as a steelworker.
Нонна Мордюкова
as Mariya Petrovna
Николай Рыбников
as Ivan Ivanovich
Olga Prokhorova
as Lyudmila
Николай Ерёменко
as Aleksei
Александр Хвыля
as general Chistokhvalov
Алла Ларионова
as Valentina Nikolayevna
Олег Видов
as Nikolai
Гурген Тонунц
as Davidyan
Алексей Крыченков
as Aleksashin
Фёдор Одиноков
as Zapryagayev
Борис Кудрявцев
as Stepan Yegorovich
Stepan Bubnov
as Vatrushkin
