Andrei Popov

Chehov

Anatoliy Papanov

Startsev

Nonna Terentyeva

Katya

Lidiya Shtykan

Vera Iosifovna

Igor Gorbachyov

Turkin

Aleksey Batalov

Shergov

Aleksandr Borisov

Puzyrev

Grigoriy Shpigel

lawyer Losev

Yevgeni Shutov

Panteleimon

Olga Aroseva

Maria Chekhova

Leonid Bykov

Carter

Vladimir Volchik

Drunken

Olga Gobzeva

Teacher

Liliya Gurova

Anisya

Rina Zelyonaya

Authoress

Ivan Krasko

Author

Pantelejmon Krymov

Andryusha

Lyubov Malinovskaya

Anfisa

Nina Mamayeva

Puzyrev's wife

Yuri Medvedev

Doctor Sveshnikov

Aleksandr Orlov

Street musician

Valentina Pugachova

Nurse

Iya Savvina

Lady with a dog

Nikolai Sergeyev

Sick man

Aleksei Smirnov

Gentleman with pineapple

Lev Stepanov

Man in a case

Roman Tkachuk

Volsky

Oleg Khromenkov

Georgiy Yumatov

Mikhail Makarovich

Stepan Krylov

Sinyukhin (uncredited)

Mariya Vinogradova

Jealous man's wife (uncredited)

Anatoli Stolbov

Player (uncredited)

Yuri Rychkov

Arkasha Losev (uncredited)