Performance of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater based on the play by N. Pogodin.

Based on the play of the same name by A. Ostrovsky, staged by the Moscow Art Academic Theater. Gorky. Written in 1873 and first staged at the Maly Theater, this play has not left the stage of many theaters since then.

An air base for forest protection is located not far from the border. A team of parachute firefighters takes off to extinguish the fire. Newcomer Valentin Volgin shows indecisiveness during his first flight and is late with his jump. Painfully experiencing his first failure, he avoids the gaze of the pretty instructor Irina Aleeva, who witnessed his unsuccessful jump. And then the team receives the task of providing assistance to the border guards, and Valentin, after a tense chase through the burning forest, overtakes and detains the saboteur.

The film is based on a conflict between the director of a textile mill and the chief engineer, who regards the initiative of the director for automation of the enterprise as a projection project. However, thanks to young specialists, the director achieves the implementation of his plans by solving the demographic problem of the textile town and providing men with jobs.

A satirical comedy based on the poem of the same name by N.V. Gogol.