Overview
A drab woman scientist, working on machine to harness solar energy, and a pert concert singer look-alike being courted to play her in a movie swap identities and find personal growth, professional success, love, and happiness.
Cast
Lyubov Orlova
Prof. Irina Petrovna Nikitina / Vera Giorgievna Shatrova
Nikolai Cherkasov
Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov
Mikhail Sidorkin
Viktor Roschin
Faina Ranevskaya
Margarita Lvovna, housekeeper
Rostislav Plyatt
Vladimir Ivanovich Bubentsov
Rina Zelyonaya
Gabby Film Makeup Designer
Nikolai Konovalov
Uncle Lionia Mukhin
Garen Zhukovskaya
Operetta star
Boris Petker
Akakiy Abramovich
Valentina Telegina
Scientist
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Scientist
Georgiy Yumatov
Makeup Designer Assistant
L
Lev Ivanov
(uncredited)
Sergei Antimonov
Professor (uncredited)