Galina Mikshun

A romantic musical comedy about spring - a time of bright hopes, the blossoming of youth and, of course, love.

The young part-time student Boris Kulikov, upon arriving in the village of Kardymovka, learns that Buneev, the pier chief who lived there until his death, was his father. Interested in his father’s past, Boris discovers that Buneev once gave up his career as an architect after his bridge design was rejected. Boris strives to prove that his father’s ideas were innovative and valuable.

Pensioner organizes a meeting of former classmates fifty years after graduating from school. Many are no longer alive, but those who came touchingly remember their distant childhood and youth, the joys and sorrows of bygone years.

A female commissar is sent to the naval detachment, led by the anarchist Vozhak, on behalf of the Party Central Committee. She is tasked with subordinating the sailors to the cause of the revolution.