When assigned by the chairman of the collective farm into the care and rehabilitation of the head of the garage Zahar Silcha, he even manages to drown the new kolkhoz car GAZ-51.

In the first period of life, Ivan Brovkin manifests himself just like on the farm: does not know military discipline and lags in physical training.

However, after discussion in the squad, he changes, starting to make progress in service, in handicrafts, gets the title of a Gefreiter, and in the end as a reward gets a ten-day home leave.

Kharitonov first starred in cinema in the year 1954, and his first role in the film "School of Courage" brought all-union fame to the student.

[6] The movie script was allegedly plagiarized from the extremely similar comedy film "Maksim Perepelitsa" starring Leonid Bykov, which was made in the same year.