Once arriving at the coast of the Black Sea in their car, they select a deserted area to settle and set up their tents.

Refusing all benefits of civilization, they enjoy bathing in the sea and preparing their own food from concentrates, until their privacy is invaded by two uninvited guests – a trainer and an actress (Zoya and Natasha) – who claim their rights to the young men's campsite.

The primary shooting location of the film was a village named Novy Svet in the Crimean Region of the Ukrainian SSR.

Although I was in a state of mild shock: before filming, I was told that there would be a six-month-old tiger next to me, and already on the set I saw a huge animal.

[1][2] A recurring song played badly during the film by the boys on their guitar and at the end during the closing sequence is "Let them talk", sang by Aida Vedishcheva and Gennady Nilov.

Amazingly, during a beach scene Zoya assertively responses back to one of the flirty one liners, albeit in Russian.

[10] The large boulder[11] in the water close to where Stepan placed his chair and fished is now named the "Sundukov stone" in his honour.