Nonna Mordyukova as Matryona

Vadim Spiridonov as Stepan

Andrey Nikolaev as Mitya

Valentina Telichkina as Nina

Valeriy Nosik as Grishka the postman

Vladimir Gusev as Misha

Galina Mikeladze as Katya

Arkady Smirnov as Kornakov

Vera Kuznetsova as Kornakova

Nikolay Dupak as chairman

Ivan Ryzhov as priest

Valentina Ushakova as Mariya

Irina Korablyova as Tanya

Nina Agapova as Faina

Vladimir Basov Ml. as Petya

Vera Burlakova as villager

Mariya Vinogradova as old woman

Lidiya Dranovskaya as villager

Vladimir Zamanskiy as military сommissar

Svetlana Zhgun as villager

Antonina Maksimova as villager

Vladimir Pitsek as truck driver

Tamara Yarenko as villager

Tatyana Tashkova as Lida

Tatyana Ignatova as villager (uncredited)

Daniil Netrebin as district inspector (uncredited)

Yuri Suchkov as photographer (uncredited)

Vera Blagovidova as old woman (uncredited)

Tamara Loginova as Stepan's traveling companion (uncredited)

Tatyana Kuznetsova as guest at Tanya's wedding (uncredited)

Stanislav Korenev as secretary

Serhiy Pidhornyi as Semyonov

Larisa Kronberg as сельская жительница

Vladimir Isayev as