

The film tells the story of an ordinary guy Anton Kandidov. First he works on agricultural work — transports on boat on Volga watermelons. Noticing how deftly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football. And he decides to follow the advice. On the way to the glory of the goalkeeper and waiting for his victory and disappointment.
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Cast

Grigory Pluzhnik
Anton Kandidov

Tatyana Guretskaya
Grusha

Lyudmila Glazova
Nastya

Anatoli Goryunov
Karasik

Valeri Solovtsov
Bukhvostov

Yakov Gudkin
Foma

Vladimir Kryuger
Tsvetochkin

German Erasmus
Ryzhy

Fyodor Kurikhin
Football fan (uncredited)
Konstantin Gibshman
Doctor (uncredited)
Erna Mashkevich
Spectator (uncredited)
Tatyana Rayt
(uncredited)
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