
Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. Luck has it that he makes an important discovery. Unfortunately he exposes himself to radioactivity during the experiments. As a result he falls seriously ill. However Dmitry has a strong spirit. His will to live, the deep passion for his work and his strong love for mankind makes it possible for him to recover.
Cast

Aleksey Batalov
Dmitri Gusev

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Ilya Kulikov

Tatyana Lavrova
Lyolya

Mikhail Kozakov
Valery Ivanovich

Nikolai Plotnikov
Professor Sintsov

Sergei Blinnikov
Butov

Evgeniy Evstigneev
Nikolai Ivanovich

Valentin Nikulin
young physicist

Pavel Shpringfeld
physicist

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Nura, Gusev's younger sister

Andrey Smirnov
tall bearded physicist

Yevgeni Teterin
Surgeon

Zinoviy Gerdt
Narrator (voice)
Viktor Lazarev
Guest at the wedding
Crew

Mikhail Romm
Director, Writer

Daniil Khrabrovitsky
Writer, Assistant Director
Izrail Tsizin
Script Editor
Yeva Ladyzhenskaya
Editor

German Lavrov
Director of Photography
Lika Averbakh
First Assistant Director
A. Mkrtchan
Second Assistant Director

Lev Indenbom
Assistant Director
Igor Vakar
Executive Producer
Georgy Kolganov
Production Design
Valentina Kiselyova
Costume Design
V. Fetisov
Makeup & Hair
Boris Volsky
Sound Director

Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan
Original Music Composer
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