| Cast overview, first billed only: |
 | Leonid Markov | - | Venedikt Petrovich Likhachyov |
 | Sergey Sazontev | - | Ivan Akimov |
 | Tatyana Vedeneeva | - | Katya |
 | Inna Alenikova | - | Polya (as I. Mikhaylichenko) |
 | Nikolay Volkov | - | Fyodor Terentyevich Gorbyakov |
 | Boris Kudryavtsev | - | Fedot Fedotovich |
 | Vladimir Samoylov | - | Yepifan Krivorukov |
 | Antonina Dmitrieva | - | Anfisa Krivorukova |
 | Valeri Khlevinsky | - | Nikifor |
 | Dmitri Pavlov | - | Varsonofiy Kvintelyanych Filatov |
 | Georgi Slabinyak | - | Vonifatiy |
 | Elvira Brunovskaya | - | Glafira |
 | Yekaterina Mazurova | - | Neonila Terentyevna |
| Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky | - | Aleksandr Ksenofontov |
| Olga Nikolaeva | - | Aunt Stasya |
