A small provincial town. The inhabitants are bored, apathetic and bitter... Peredonov, a modest high school teacher, dreams about a promotion and moving to the capital. Gradually his dream becomes an obsession. Varvara, his second cousin who dreams about marrying him, writes a promising letter about an invitation to Saint-Petersburg on behalf of the capital's princess. But the teacher's dreams aren't meant to come true: he becomes a victim of his own insanity and kills his friend and the hateful Varvara...
Сергей Тарамаев
as Peredonov
Ирина Розанова
as Varvara
Полина Кутепова
as Lyudmila
Сергей Баталов
as Volodin
Алексей Миронов
as Khripach
Геннадий Назаров
as Rutilov
Агриппина Стеклова
as Daria
Ксения Кутепова
as Valeriya
Елена Майорова
as Vershina
Татьяна Кравченко
as Yershikha
Галина Стаханова
as Kokovkina
Николай Аверюшкин
as Doctor
