Vasiliy Shukshin as Ivan Rastorguyev

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Nyura Rastorguyeva

Vsevolod Sanayev as Professor Sergei Stepanov

Zinoviy Gerdt as Professor Stepanov's friend

Ivan Ryzhov as Senior Train Conductor

Stanislav Lyubshin as Ivan Stepanov

Lyubov Sokolova as Train Conductor

Georgi Burkov as Viktor "The Builder" Aleksandrovich

Yuriy Filimonov as Chief doctor at the sanatorium

Vadim Zakharchenko as Business traveller

Yelizaveta Uvarova as

Lubov Mysheva as

Viktor Filippov as

Aleksei Loktev as

Valentina Kutsenko as

Leonid Yengibarov as

Boris Markov as

Vadim Spiridonov as

Aleksandr Gorbenko as

Pantelejmon Krymov as

Yelena Sanayeva as

Svetlana Skripkina as

Leonid Yukhin as

Lyudmila Zaytseva as

Sergey Zinovyev as