
Pavel's mother hates his fiancee. When Pavel serves in the Army she writes him that Nastya is no longer faithful to him. Pavel decides not to return to his native town. But many years later he returns to his fathers funeral and finds out that Nastya died sometime ago. She left three kids orphans and her elder daughter is also a daughter of Pavel.

Pyotr Glebov
father
Vera Alkhovskaya
mother

Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Pavel

Irina Ivanova
Polina

Mikhail Buzylyov-Kretso
Styopa
Pyotr Krylov
Pavlik

Aleksandr Pavlov
Sergey

Anatoliy Solonitsyn
artist

Mariya Andrianova
aunt Ustyusha

Svetlana Tormakhova
social service inspector

Leonard Varfolomeev
farm chairman
M. Richter
taxi driver

Tatyana Makhova
Provodnitsa vagona

Afanasi Kochetkov
Pavel's friend

Aleksey Mikhaylov
Pavel's friend