Based on the story of the same name by Anatoliy Kalinin. A young village woman, Klavdiya Pukhlyakova, the mother of a newborn girl, finds a gypsy boy at the crushed kibitka under the tanks. Having pity on the child, she takes him home and raises him as her own son. 17 years pass. Once in the village appears a lonely gypsy Budulai, who has experienced a lot. He very quickly gained the sympathy of Pukhlyakova's adoptive son. Suspecting that Budulai is the father of her gypsy boy, Klavdiya fears that the peace of the family will be disturbed...
Людмила Хитяева
as Klavdiya Pukhlyakova
Евгений Матвеев
as Budulai
Сергей Ермилов
as Vanya
Tatyana Grabovskaya
as Nyura
Владимир Емельянов
as Timofei Ilyich
Иван Переверзев
as Ivan Dmitrievich
Yelena Maksimova
as Lushchilikha
Pyotr Loboda
as Cherenkov
Людмила Марченко
as Budulai's wife
Пётр Вескляров
as Budulai's father
Margarita Krinitsyna
as Stesha
Зоя Василькова
as Dasha