Gennadi Korolkov
Viktor Chernyshyov
Valentina Vladimirova
Chernyshyov's mother
Alexei Chernov
uncle Pavel
Ivan Kuznetsov
Semyon Andreyevich
Dmitri Chukovsky
Rakhmanov
Vasiliy Shukshin
Kravchenko
Nadezhda Fedosova
aunt Tanya
Semyon Sokolovsky
Anton's father
Vladimir Agureikin
Ivan Petrovich
Arina Aleynikova
Nelli Smirnova
German Kachin
Chernyshyov's friend
Nikolai Skorobogatov
policeman
Aleksandr Ushakov
"Sukhar"
Yuri Fomichyov
Vasiliy Zakharovich
Natalya Rychagova
Marishka (uncredited)
Boris Yurchenko
fighter (uncredited)
Larisa Blinova
Viktor's sister (uncredited)
Yuri Chekulayev
Nikolai Nikolayevich (uncredited)
Viktor Mizin
Vladimir Smirnov
