Based on the story of the same name by Anatoliy Kalinin. A young village woman, Klavdiya Pukhlyakova, the mother of a newborn girl, finds a gypsy boy at the crushed kibitka under the tanks. Having pity on the child, she takes him home and raises him as her own son. 17 years pass. Once in the village appears a lonely gypsy Budulai, who has experienced a lot. He very quickly gained the sympathy of Pukhlyakova's adoptive son. Suspecting that Budulai is the father of her gypsy boy, Klavdiya fears that the peace of the family will be disturbed...
as Klavdiya Pukhlyakova
as Budulai
as Vanya
as Nyura
as Timofei Ilyich
as Ivan Dmitrievich
as Lushchilikha
as Cherenkov
as Budulai's wife
as Budulai's father
as Stesha
as Dasha
as accountant of the collective farm
as Klavdiya's friend
as soldier from the military enlistment office
as Grigoryevna
as Kostya
as old gypsy woman
as Cherenkov's secretary
as Yegorych
as collective farm worker