Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.

Natalya Tenyakova
as Varvara Asenkova

Igor Dmitriev
as Nikolai Dyur

Aleksandr Borisov
as Aleksandr Gedeonov

Lidiya Shtykan
as Aleksandra Asenkova, Varvara's mother

Vladimir Chestnokov
as Ivan Sosnitsky

Aleksandr Susnin
as Aleksandr Martynov

Глеб Флоринский
as Vasily Karatygin

Vladimir Erenberg
as Aleksandr Khrapovitsky

Igor Ozerov
as Yuri Glebov

Irina Gubanova
as Masha Dontsova