Kolosov, a former oil refinery technologist, is appointed director of the research institute, which has long been estranged from real production. The new director energetically takes up the task, and somehow does not pay much attention to the fact that the scientific staff of the institute, headed by Professor Serafima Shuvalova, begins to group against him.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Nikolay EryomenkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Irina SkobtsevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Yevgeniya SabelnikovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Nina MaslovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Vasili KorzunNot listed | Not listed |
 Boris KhimichevNot listed | Not listed |
 Yuri VolkovNot listed | Not listed |
 Valeri MalyshevNot listed | Not listed |
 Pavel MakhotinNot listed | Not listed |
 Yelena SankoNot listed | Not listed |
 Georgiy TretyakovNot listed | Not listed |