Based on the trilogy of Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Moscow, XIX century. A small official Misha Balzaminov lives in a small house. He, like his mother, sees his happiness in marrying a rich bride. Misha images in dreams and fantasies that he is a general or even a king — rich and domineering. And in reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks...

• Mosfilm
• Georgiy Vitsin
• Lyudmila Shagalova
• Lidiya Smirnova
• Ekaterina Savinova
• Zhanna Prokhorenko
• Lyudmila Gurchenko
• Tamara Nosova
• Nikolay Kryuchkov