Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...
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| Directing | Eldar Ryazanov | Director |
| Visual Effects | Fyodor Khitruk | Animation Director |
| Writing | Emil Braginskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Eldar Ryazanov | Writer |
| Camera | Vladimir Nakhabtsev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Sergey Voronkov | Production Design |
| Art | Ippolit Novoderyozhkin | Production Design |
| Sound | Andrey Petrov | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Kruchinina | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Struntsova | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Yekaterina Ovsyannikova | Editor |
| Sound | Valeri Popov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
| Directing | Vladimir Dostal | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Timur Zelma | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Anatoliy Stepanov | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Zuykov | Animation |
| Sound | Valentina Shchedrina | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Vadim Alisov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Albert Dubrovay | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | A. Kobzeva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arnold Ides | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | S. Bushkova | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | S. Losev | Executive Producer |