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The Retired Colonel

Korney Korneevich Polunin is a career military officer, a retired colonel. His wife died when his son was one and a half years old, Alexey had already grown up, became independent, and they rarely see each other. Unable to stay at home, Polunin goes to the factory as a locksmith - in his old specialty. Friends perceive this as an oddity, and they look at him warily at work. But a group of teenagers comes to the plant's personnel department, and Polunin undertakes to lead this team, instilling in it respect for work and awareness of his need to achieve the final result of work.

Top Cast

  • Mykola Hrynko

    Mykola Hrynko

    Корней Корнеевич Полунин

  • Oleg Yankovskiy

    Oleg Yankovskiy

    Андрей

  • Vladimir Zeldin

    Vladimir Zeldin

    Иван Михайлович

  • Zhanna Prokhorenko

    Zhanna Prokhorenko

  • Liliya Gritsenko

    Liliya Gritsenko

  • Tatyana Kanaeva

    Tatyana Kanaeva

  • Valentin Nikulin

    Valentin Nikulin

  • Zinaida Sharko

    Zinaida Sharko

  • Yuri Goncharov

    Yuri Goncharov

Overview

Korney Korneevich Polunin is a career military officer, a retired colonel. His wife died when his son was one and a half years old, Alexey had already grown up, became independent, and they rarely see each other. Unable to stay at home, Polunin goes to the factory as a locksmith - in his old specialty. Friends perceive this as an oddity, and they look at him warily at work. But a group of teenagers comes to the plant's personnel department, and Polunin undertakes to lead this team, instilling in it respect for work and awareness of his need to achieve the final result of work.

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