"The struggle of an honest, innovative plant breeder against bureaucrats."
Viktor Dobrovolsky
as Makar Nechay
Valentyna Ivashova
as Galya
Anton Dunaiskyi
as Panas Timofeyich
Vasiliy Zaychikov
as Aleksey Adamov
Fyodor Dubrovskiy
as Academician Stepan Olenin
Nina Alisova
as Natalya Stakhova, Adamov's aspirant
Aleksey Maksimov
as Ilya Vladimirov, graduate student
Georgiy Kurovskiy
as Professor Ivan Gorskiy
Ivan Sadovskyi
as Professor Ivan Golovin
Garen Zhukovskaya
as American lady (uncredited)
Volodymyr Lisovskyi
as Trofim (uncredited)
Boris Starshev
Writer
Vladimir Smidtgof
Director
Aleksey Mishurin
Director of Photography
Mykola Tryaskin
Production Design
Yuriy Rogochiy
Yuli Meitus
Original Music Composer
Andrey Malyshko
Lyricist
N. Mina
Sound Director
O. Kotova
N. Chovgun
Executive Producer
L. Ivanova
Editor
I. Estrin
First Assistant Director
Vladimir Voyshvillo
Andrey Bocharov
Second Assistant Director
