Since director Sergei Yutkevich was a longtime lover of American slapstick, his first films were imbued with a playfulness and cheeriness not typical of Russian cinema. And Kruzheva is a good example of that as he illustrates the friendly rivalries between the youths on village in both a very rough and clowning way.

The struggle of the Komsomol members against private speculators for the surrender of fish to the state.

A girl with a alcoholic fathers struggles to fit in.