

Maxim Perepelitsa is a cheerful, mischievous and resourceful young man from a Ukrainian village. He loves to make up stories and invent practical jokes. When he is drafted into the Russian Army, he doesn't stop his antics.
Director: Anatoliy Granik

Maksim Perepelitsa

Sablin, Starshina

Marco Muha, a friend of Kondrat Perepelitsa, postman

Kondrat Perepelitsa

a neighbor of Maksim Perepelitsa

Musii, an old man

Assistant

Grishka, a friend of Maksim Perepelitsa