

Khokhlova, a girl-reporter on a Moscow newpaper, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness--virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.

Yury Vasilchikov

Alexandra Khokhlova

Pyotr Galadzhev

Boris Ferdinandov
Anna Chekulaeva

Alexandr Gromov