Vasiliy Shukshin as Yegor Proskudin

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Lyuba Baikalova

Ivan Ryzhov as Fyodor Baikalov

Aleksey Vanin as Pyotr Baikalov

Mariya Vinogradova as Zoya Baikalova

Lev Durov as Sergei Mikhailovich, waiter

Georgi Burkov as Guba

Mariya Skvortsova as Lyuba's mother

Efimiya Bystrova as Kudelikha, Yegor's mother

Tatyana Gavrilova as Luciene

Nikolay Grabbe as Prison Warden

Aleksandr Gorbenko as Kolya

Natalya Gvozdikova as Telephone Operator

Oleg Korchikov as Shura

Nikolay Pogodin as Sovkhoz Director

Zhanna Prokhorenko as Lidiya Gameltova

Tatyana Ukharova as Lyuba's friend

Vladimir Laptev as Kolya's mate

Iya Arepina as Yegor's sister

Artur Makarov as Buldya

Aleksandr Konyashin as Meeting Leader

Aleksandr Sarantsev as Sasha

Vadim Kondratev as Kolya's mate

Yevgeniy Zharov as Emcee in Prison Choir