Margarita Terekhova as Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother

Ignat Daniltsev as Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old

Larisa Tarkovskaya as Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei

Alla Demidova as Lisa

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Forensic Doctor

Mykola Hrynko as Printery Director

Tamara Ogorodnikova as Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table

Yuriy Nazarov as Rifle Shooting Instructor

Oleg Yankovskiy as The Father

Filipp Yankovsky as Aleksei - 5 Years Old

Tatyana Reshetnikova as Proofreader in Printing House

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

Arseny Tarkovsky as Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)

Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova as Old Mother

Yuri Sventikov as Asafiev - War Orphan

Olga Kizilova as Redheaded Girl

Ernesto del Bosque as Spanish Refugee

Luis Correcher as Spanish Refugee

Ángel Gutiérrez as Spanish Refugee

Dionisio García Zapico as Spanish Refugee

Tomas Pamies as Spanish Refugee

Teresa Del Bosque as Spanish Refugee Twin

Tatiana Del Bosque as Spanish Refugee Twin