A Moscow group of Komsomol members arrives on the virgin lands, in the Kazakh steppes, and immediately faces bureaucracy and carelessness. Someone flees the state farm for more reliable earnings, and someone simply does not want to work. But a new energetic director appears — and real life begins...

Vladimir Yemelyanov
Grishanin

Valentin Zubkov
Skvortsov

Liliya Aleshnikova
Tanya Gromova

Nikolai Dovzhenko
Lyosha Antonov
Natalya Pavlova
Zhenya Grishanina

Vladimir Ratomsky
police chief

Rolan Bykov
Lapshin

Boris Lifanov
Burkach
Olga Korotkevich
Burkach's wife
Vladimir Lebedev
forwarder

Nikolay Smorchkov
Gennadiy

Boris Batashev
agronomist

Olga Aroseva
Raya
Yuri Arkhiptsev
Sasha

Valerian Kalinin
Zavyalov