Aleksey Batalov credited as playing...
Georgiy 'Gosha'
- Georgiy 'Gosha': How come you never did get married?
- Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova: I was waiting for you.
- Georgiy 'Gosha': I can tell that you're not married.
- Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova: Because you don't see a wedding ring on my finger?
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Even if you were wearing three wedding rings on each hand, you still have that unmarried look about you.
- Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova: You mean single women have a special look about them?
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Their look is kind of searching. The same look police usually have, an executive has it, and a single woman has it too.
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: You mean that you want to marry her?
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Yes.
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: Have you known her for a long time?
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Forty-four hours and about twenty-two minutes.
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: But Mother has always been of the opinion that you have to know a man well to marry him, and that takes time.
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Right, to marry a person after only a two-day acquaintance is a very thoughtless act. It's best to wait about a week. So you can let me know next Wednesday.
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: Why didn't you continue your education?
- Georgiy 'Gosha': What for?
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: To become an executive.
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Should everyone be an executive?
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: No, not at all, but everyone wants to.
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Ever hear of the Roman emperor Diocletian? At the very height of his empire, he just gave away the crown and settled down somewhere in the country. And when he was asked to take over again, he said: Once you've seen the cabbages that I've grown, you'll stop asking me.
- Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter: He never went back?
- Georgiy 'Gosha': No. You see, not everybody wants to be some kind of leader. Although it seems to be the only case in the history of the world.
- Georgiy 'Gosha': What's wrong?
- Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova: It's been such a long time!
- Georgiy 'Gosha': Eight days.
- Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova: No. I looked for you a long time!