The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.
Yevgeni Tsyganov
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Anna Chipovskaya
Viktoriya Isakova
Mikhail Efremov
Yana Sekste
Pavel Derevyanko
Svetlana Kolpakova
Andrey Smirnov
Nina Dvorzhetskaya
Evgeniy Volotskiy
Viktor Horinyak
Anna Kotova
Paulina Andreeva
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Vasiliy Mishchenko
Larisa Malevannaya
Olga Shtyrkova
Fyodor Lavrov
Nadezhda Markina
Duta Skhirtladze
Valery Todorovsky
Evgenia Brik
Sofiya Kashtanova
Nikita Efremov
Victor Dobronravov