A music student is expelled from school because he loves jazz, a kind of music that represents the US capitalism. He hires two street musicians to form a dixie band, and goes from one city to another trying to gain fame.
Игорь Скляр
as Kostya Ivanov
Александр Панкратов-Чёрный
as Stepan Grushko
Николай Аверюшкин
as Zhura Ryabov
Пётр Щербаков
as Ivan Bavurin
Елена Цыплакова
as Katya Bobrova
Евгений Евстигнеев
as 'Papa'
Пётр Меркурьев
as Zhora
Борислав Брондуков
as Kolbashev
Леонид Куравлёв
as Samsonov
Юрий Васильев
as Orlov
Anatoli Kroll
as Musician (uncredited)
Лариса Долина
as Clementine