one-ruble
notes!
Don't disturb me, or I'll have to
start all over again.
Five thousand five hundred! Finished!
Why is all you money in one-ruble notes?
It looks suspicious. It's not good!
And who are you? A public prosecutor?
I'm not asking where the car is from
and why you haven't got papers for it.
I can tell you honestly.
I stole this car.
I can tell you honestly too. I am
a priest.
These rubles are offerings to Him!
Common! A tiny bit left!
And do you believe in God?
Everybody is a believer: some believe
that God exists, others – that he doesn't
One and the other are unprovable!
Will you double-check?
I will!
Here! As promised...
A Grundig tape-recorder.
It's new, isn't it?
- Brand new. I checked it myself
- Ok, write it out. I remember the price.
- Eighty!
- Why? Last time you said fifty?
- Personal circumstances have changed.
- You know what? this is just a rip-off!
I don't insist. The gadget will find a buyer
in a second. A very elegant appliance...
- ...4 decks... stereo sound.
- Write it out!
Mister, the appliance is sold, don't
touch it with your hands, it's sold.
So why anyway did he want to steal
your very car?
- What's wrong with you?
- I've been revealed...
I am toast... An inspector came
to talk to me.
You'll go to jail! Shouldn't have cheated!
Semyon Vassilievich!
You are in my home!
Prison is your home!
Inka! Inka! What shall we do? What?
Inka, what do we do?
Make provisions!
Dima, don't worry! We must bribe
the inspector!
Are you crazy!? Bribe!
You are insane!
- We should give a lot! Then he will accept!
- Silence! Attention!
I'll not allow that! What a shame!
Papa, you should proclaim your moralistic
ideas at the market place.
I sell strawberries which I grew
with my own hands.
And I will destroy my own daughter,
let alone a son-in-law!, for bribing!
Don't worry! They'll re-educate you in prison.
You will return a different man
10 years later!
Leave the bird alone!
Only marry an orphan!
Don't have any doubts, I've got all
that money,right here... a brief case full.
Do you really want to transfer
- ...this amount to an orphanage?
- Yes.
We you raised in that children's home?
Are these your personal savings?
Well, how to put it,... actually...
I took part in it too.
Hello! I would like to speak to
Yuriy Ivanovich Detochkin.
- I am Yura's Mom.
- Nice to meet you.
I come from the theatrical group.
I am very pleased that Yura plays
in the theatre.
- In my opinion, he is very capable.
- He's just got a talent.
- He didn't show up at the rehearsal...
- Gentleman, he is on a work trip.
I can't stand his work trips. He takes off
in the middle of the night and disappears.
Lyuba is right. Something smells fishy.
Lyuba is Yura's fiancee.
His manners are not very modern.
He's been making court for a long time.
They got acquainted when he came
to insure her.
Say, what kind of work trips can
an insurance agent have?
- What are you?
- Inspector.
Then go ahead and find out!
When I was young, an inspector
was wooing me.
But I married a Red Army officer.
We used to sing: “Our steam train is
taking us to a communist future!”
- When did he leave and for how long?
- Three days ago, at night.
And the most amazing thing is that he
came in a Volga to say goodbye to Lyuba.
- Ah! He must have taken a taxi!
- No, he was driving himself.
- Does Yuriy Ivanovich drive?
- Yura? He worked 10 years as a driver.
Then he had an accident. It caused
a concussion of the brain.
Doctors warned him
from driving,
And he got a job of an insurance agent.
What's wrong with you?
To which city did you send
your employee Detochkin
for a work trip?
I didn't send him anywhere.
Detochkin has too many different
sick relatives,
in numerous cities of the Soviet Union.
I've received a telegram from him
recently. Here it is.
Another nephew of his has fallen ill.
A beloved one. He took an unpaid leave.
Maxim was furious. Memories
were