Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.

Vakhtang Kikabidzeas Valentin Mizandari "Valiko Mimino"
Mher Mkrtchyanas Ruben Khachikyan "Rubik-djan"
Evgeni Leonovas Ivan Volokhov
Elena Proklovaas Larisa Ivanovna Komarova - stewardess
Marina Dyuzhevaas Svetlana Georgievna - Mimino's lawyer
Archil Gomiashvilias Nugzar Papishvili - the father of Varlaam
Leonid Kuravlyovas Professor Khachikyan
Savely Kramarovas сriminal уxiting the Court House
Vladimir Basovas Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer
Boryslav Brondukovas Mimino's helicopter passenger
Anatoly Petritsky