Odinozhdy one

Poloter Ivan Ivanovich Karetnikov lived for his own pleasure and changed wives without thinking about tomorrow. Having lived to sixty, he himself for the first time found himself in an unenviable position, when another young wife of his own self left him, right at the River Station . Without changing his life principle, Karetnikov immediately tries famously to woo the unfamiliar girl, but the attempt is futile. And now some kindly compassionate old woman herself hints to him that she would not mind marrying him, old man, in marriage. Then Ivan finally realizes how necessary a real family is for him. And then he decides to visit his former wives and children, scattered throughout the Soviet Union, in the hope of someone of them to stay and settle.

Having met his eldest daughter, he draws serious conclusions, critically evaluating his life. As they say, better late than never ...

• Anatoly Papanov - Ivan Ivanovich Karetnikov
• Nina Arkhipova - Maria
• Vladimir Kashpur - Kuzma
• Valentina Telichkina - Nina Karetnikova
• Mikhail Polyak - Volodya
• Nikolai Karachentsov - Anatoly Perfilov
• Tatyana Peltzer - Matveykha
• Julia Orekhova - Svetlanka
• Regina Korokhova - Raisa
• Svetlana Zhgun - Verka
• Tatyana Oparkina - young woman
• Muse Krepkogorskaya - aunt Natasha, Nina's neighbor
• Roman Tkachuk - Dumchenko, head of the club
• Nikolay Smorchkov - speaker
• Tamara Yarenko - the cashier at the station
• Lyubov Tishchenko - episode
• Irina Korotkova - episode, the wife of the chairman of a collective farm
• Dilorom Kambarova - episode
• Vladimir Dubinin - neighbor bodybuilder, episode

All songs for the film were written by Vladimir Vysotsky . However, of the eight songs in the film included only five, and those - in trimmed versions.

• Vanya's song at Maria (stanzas 7-10 entered). Styling as songs performed by disabled beggars in electric train cars.
• A song about black and white swans (stanza 3 entered). Stylization under the folk song .
• Grand father (entered stanza 1). Stylization under the ritual folk song.
• Chastooshkas to the wedding (not included).
• Student song (entered without end lines 1 and 4 stanzas).
• Chastooshkas (stanzas 3, 4, 6-8, 10 are included, and an additional stanza in Ukrainian, also composed by Vysotsky).
• Sad song about Vanya (not entered).
• Vanya's song in front of students (not included).

The film also uses The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "(at the disco).

• Andrei Mironov tried for the role of Anatoly Perfilov , Gennady Poloka also planned Vladimir Vysotsky for the same role, but was not approved by the artistic council ^{[1] [2]} .

• Elena Bauman . “The unpainted floor has swayed ...” // Soviet Screen No. 18, September 1975