Don't Play the Fool...

The account is set in a village near Arkhangelsk. Americans believe a diamond deposit has been found there. They want to see the situation for themselves. A submarine is sent for that purpose. At the head of the crew is a veteran who escorted convoys in the war. A plan is made to distract the villagers. A two hundred litre barrel is left on the shore. There is alcohol in the barrel. The village blacksmith Filemon finds it. The news spreads quickly through the village. A celebration begins on the strength of it. One by one the submariners are drawn into it as well. Mikhail Evdokimov and Grigorij Sijatvinda take the leads in Valery Chikov’s Russian film of 1997.