Bone of Contention

The story

Ilya Rudenko, chairman of the prosperous collective farm, prepared for the solemn welcome of his famous countryman, retired Colonel Koval. Arriving to relax in the Lull, the former colonel was surprised by Ilya's strange approach to collective well-being. And when the chairman began to prepare the entire harvest of the apple orchard for shipment to the North to sell it at exorbitant prices, Koval said his word harshly and unequivocally — and received the same unequivocal support from all residents of the Calm...

Cast

B Boris TeninLarion Ivanovich Koval, retired colonel Y Yevgeni VesnikIlya Grigorievich Rudenko, collective farm chairman T Tatyana PelttserUlyana Dmitrievna Dudulka, milkmaid V Vladimir LepkoIvan Klimich Anointed, collective farm business executive A Anatoliy PapanovVasily Tikhonovich Kryachka, village council chairman O Olga ArosevaDomakha Sviridovna, milkmaid G Georgy IvanovGordey Semyonovich Tyavkalo, farm manager A Aleksand MashovetsVasilyok A Andrei KryukovPrudkiy N Nina BelyayevaYavdokha Afanasyevna