An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.

Ivane Sakvarelidze
Markscheider

Sesilia Takaishvili
Molare

Grigol Natsvlishvili
Irodioni

Vladimer Mezvrishvili
Grisha

Otar Guntsadze
Mgebavi