

War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Yuriy Nikulin
Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin

Lyudmila Gurchenko
Nina

Aleksey Petrenko
Yuri Stroganov

Angelina Stepanova
Zinaida Antonovna, artistic director of the theater

Mikhail Kononov
Pasha Rubtsov

Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Rubtsova

Nikolay Grinko
Vyacheslav

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Xenia Sergeevna, former wife of Lopatin

Liya Akhedzhakova
Woman with clocks

Lyudmila Zaytseva
Lidiya, actress playing a female sniper

Konstantin Simonov
Narrator (voice), screenwriter

Yuriy Solovyov
Commander
Rashid Sadykov
Usman Yusupov, secretary of the Central Committee
Nikolay Mikheev

Vladimir Mishanin

Vladimir Suvorov
Crew
Music
Director of Photography
Editor
Production Design
Costume Design
Camera Operator
Director
Writer
Sound
Assistant Director
Producer
Details
Release Date
1976-11-08
Runtime
101 min
Original Language
Russian
Languages
Russian
Production Companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Genres
War
Drama