Pavel Kadochnikov as Fyodor Yermolayev

Lyudmila Kasatkina as Lena Vassilovna Varanova

Leonid Bykov as Petya Mokin

Tatyana Pelttser as Vorontsova

Sergei Filippov as Almazov, exhibition tiger trainer

Nina Urgant as Olenka Mikhailovna

Konstantin Sorokin as Mikhailov, the bookkeeper

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as Maria Mikhailovna, the bookkeeper's wife

Pavel Sukhanov as Circus Manager

Konstantin Musin as Circus performer