A semi-autobiographical story about two front-line friends who, after demobilization in postwar Kyiv, try to rebuild their personal lives and test themselves on the variety stage in the comedy genre. During the war, Tarapunka meets Halia, but their paths diverge. After the war, Tarapunka works as a traffic controller in Kyiv, while his friend Shtepsel becomes a stagehand at a theater. It is there that Halia arrives to perform. The characters cross paths once again, and the concert introduces a new comedic duo to the audience.

The first feature-length film by the Ukrainian comedic duo of Yukhym Berezin (Shtepsel) and Yuri Tymoshenko (Tarapunka), produced at a Ukrainian film studio, was released as a bilingual film—much like the duo itself. However, Ukrainian predominates in the film—a rare case for 1950s cinema, when the language was mostly used in filmed theatrical productions and screen adaptations of popular plays, such as Martyn Borulia and In the Steppes of Ukraine.

The film’s cinematographer was the outstanding master Mykola Topchii, who had collaborated with Ivan Kavaleridze during the silent era. In 1945, he was repressed and did not return to cinema until 1956.

English subtitles are created and provided voluntarily by Vasyl Kerimov.