You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. A star-studded play by Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov.This stereophonic production was directed by Josef Melč in 1980, based on a script by Anna Smetanová. It stars Vlastimil Brodský, Iva Janžurová, Jiří Adamíra, Václav Postránecký, and Viktor Preiss. Count Yegor Frantsevich Kankrin has long enjoyed a reputation as an admirer of beautiful women. As Minister of Finance and a handsome man, he easily conquered many a woman's heart. But now he has reached an age where he needs to share the demands of his mistress with someone younger. Fortunately, there is the trainee Ivan Pavlovich Novikov, who proves to be the perfect substitute. It will just be necessary to arrange his official promotion, which is no problem for Minister Kankrin. After all, the rule that "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" applies everywhere.