Vera Alentova

Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova

Aleksey Batalov

Georgiy 'Gosha' Ivanovich

Irina Muravyova

Lyudmila 'Lyuda' Sviridova

Raisa Ryazanova

Antonina 'Tosya' Buyanova

Yuri Vasilyev

Rodion 'Rudolph' Rachkov

Natalya Vavilova

Aleksandra, Katerina's Daughter

Oleg Tabakov

Volodya

Yevgeniya Khanayeva

Rachkov's Mother

Zoya Fyodorova

Aunt Pasha

Vladimir Basov

Anton Kruglov

Liya Akhedzhakova

Club Director Olga Pavlovna

Tatyana Konyukhova

Self

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Self

Garri Bardin

Chief Chemical Plant Engineer

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Gosha's Friend

Larisa Barabanova

Bakery Worker

Vladimir Gusev

General

Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya

Polina

Muza Krepkogorskaya

General's Wife

Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya

Hospital Nurse

Natalia Sanko

Katerina's co-worker

Vladimir Menshov

Gosha's Friend (uncredited)

Mikhail Kalinkin

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Yuriy Potyomkin

Admirer (uncredited)

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Accordionist at Wedding (uncredited)