Stepan Krylov as Deacon Olympius

Igor Efimov as student

Nikolay Gavrilov as the Dean

Aleksandr Afanasev as merchant

Lyubov Malinovskaya as

Fyodor Nikitin as liberal

Pavel Pervushin as wood cutter

Tamara Timofeeva as townswoman

Arkadi Trusov as merchant

Yevgeni Grigoryev as gentleman in the church

Lev Stepanov as church chorister

Klavdiya Fadeeva as deacon’s wife

Svetlana Mazovetskaya as lady donating to the poor (uncredited)

Nikolai Simonov as voiceover