Late one summer evening, another guest arrives at a cottage on the shore of a beautiful lake, where fishermen usually stay: Pal Palych. Soon, the hostess and all the guests begin to sense that behind his outward charm and empty pleasantries lies an indifferent and very selfish person.
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Georgi Zhzhyonov
Lyubov Sokolova
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Valentina Pugachova
Aleksandra Panova
Igor Efimov
Nikolai Yelizarov
Nikolay Semyonovich
Late one summer evening, another guest arrives at a cottage on the shore of a beautiful lake, where fishermen usually stay: Pal Palych. Soon, the hostess and all the guests begin to sense that behind his outward charm and empty pleasantries lies an indifferent and very selfish person.
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