Dima Gorin’s Career 1961

Dmitry Gorin is an exemplary employee of a Soviet savings bank, eagerly awaiting a promotion to branch manager. However, just as that promotion seems certain, he accidentally gives out an excess sum of money to a worker from the taiga involved in constructing the Siberia–Urals power line. The worker promptly leaves for Siberia, and to retrieve the money and restore his standing with his superiors, Dmitry is compelled to follow him into the remote wilderness. Yet, he finds himself in no hurry to return to Moscow.

Shortly before his departure, Dmitry, trying to obscure what he considers an unflattering image in a newsreel, pieces together a collage of his ideal woman from scraps of various photographs. By coincidence, upon arriving in Siberia, he meets the very woman from his collage: the beautiful and spirited Galina Berezka, who happens to be a team leader at the construction site.

Dmitry bids farewell to his career in the savings bank and becomes a laborer in the team led by Gennady Drobot—the man to whom he had mistakenly given the extra money. Overcoming the challenges of learning a new trade, adapting to the harsh taiga conditions, and forming meaningful friendships, he undergoes a profound transformation. He ultimately wins the heart of the woman of his dreams.

Although the narrator hints at the possibility of returning to finance in the future, the film emphasizes that for him, personal happiness is forever.

personal happiness is forever.