An old pickpocket named "Cardinal", during the days of the International Festival of Youth and Students, decides to gather old “personnels” to prepare small and large thefts from the festival participants. During the "conference" it turns out that a complete "personnel crisis" has come. The ensuing meeting with the former bootlegger — Senka-Moroz, who broke with his past and found happiness in his family and honest work, leads the Cardinal to confusion and mental confusion. A conversation with Professor Muromtsev, a terminally ill person who nevertheless cares about the fate of others, shock the "Cardinal" and he takes the first but decisive step towards a new life, breaking with the criminal world.
Владимир Кенигсон
as "Cardinal"
Lev Ivanov
as Muromtsev
Эдуард Бредун
as Senka-Moroz
Изольда Извицкая
as Nadya
Leonid Usach
as "Bubble"
Emmanuil Nelin
as "Zyamka-kangaroo"
Николай Гагарин
as "Pigeon"
Гурген Тонунц
as "Doctor"
Пётр Репнин
as Kadetskiy
Всеволод Якут
as "Author"
Konstantin Bartashevich
as german
Нина Агапова
as robbed woman
