Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Andrei Popov

   Chehov

2. 

   Anatoliy Papanov

   Startsev

3. 

   Nonna Terentyeva

   Katya

4. 

   Lidiya Shtykan

   Vera Iosifovna

5. 

   Igor Gorbachyov

   Turkin

6. 

   Aleksey Batalov

   Shergov

7. 

   Aleksandr Borisov

   Puzyrev

8. 

   Grigoriy Shpigel

   lawyer Losev

9. 

   Yevgeni Shutov

   Panteleimon

10. 

    Olga Aroseva

    Maria Chekhova

11. 

    Leonid Bykov

    Carter

12. 

    Vladimir Volchik

    Drunken

13. 

    Olga Gobzeva

    Teacher

14. 

    Liliya Gurova

    Anisya

15. 

    Rina Zelyonaya

    Authoress

16. 

    Ivan Krasko

    Author

17. 

    Pantelejmon Krymov

    Andryusha

18. 

    Vera Lipstok

    Wife of a sick man

19. 

    Gitana Leontenko

    Street acrobat

20. 

    Lyubov Malinovskaya

    Anfisa

21. 

    Nina Mamayeva

    Puzyrev's wife

22. 

    Yuri Medvedev

    Doctor Sveshnikov

23. 

    N. Melnikov

24. 

    Aleksandr Orlov

    Street musician

25. 

    Valentina Pugachova

    Nurse

26. 

    Iya Savvina

    Lady with a dog

27. 

    Nikolai Sergeyev

    Sick man

28. 

    Aleksei Smirnov

    Gentleman with pineapple

29. 

    Lev Stepanov

    Man in a case

30. 

    Roman Tkachuk

    Volsky

31. 

    Oleg Khromenkov

32. 

    Georgiy Yumatov

    Mikhail Makarovich

33. 

    Stepan Krylov

    Sinyukhin (uncredited)

34. 

    Mariya Vinogradova

    Jealous man's wife (uncredited)

35. 

    Anatoli Stolbov

    Player (uncredited)

36. 

    Yuri Rychkov

    Arkasha Losev (uncredited)