Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
Andrei Popov
author's narration
Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh
Gennady Safronov
the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov
Stanislav Borodokin
soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
Ryadovoy
Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Natalya Gundareva
Glikeriya (voice)