Dmitriy Makhnich

Junior Lieutenant Maleshkin, an unshooted graduate of the school, commands the crew of the self-propelled gun SU-100. All the subordinates of Maleshkin are older than him and much more experienced. The authority of the young commander is tested at every step, he quarrels, then reconciles with his crew.

Lyusya, a modest young woman, lives with her mother and works as a prompter at a theater. She is in love with Maskov, a brilliant tenor—though, in truth, everyone is in love with him, as he is a star. Lyusya’s mother worries deeply about her 28-year-old daughter and looks for a way to secretly introduce her to someone else—someone who might capture her heart and help her forget her idol. Then, on New Year’s Eve, such a candidate appears. However, things do not unfold at all as the mother had planned, and Lyusya ends up meeting someone entirely different...