A Trip Without a Load
Synopsis
Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...
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Top cast
Georgiy Yumatov
Nikolai Khromov
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Sirotkin
Tamara Syomina
Arina
Anatoliy Papanov
Akim Sevastyanovich
German Kachin
Viktor
Svetlana Kharitonova
Tonya
Boris Chirkov
granddad at the airfield
Nikolai Kryukov
Volkov (uncredited)
Irina Gubanova
health resort's doctor (uncredited)
Nikolay Kuzmin
driver (uncredited)