The film consists of three short stories: 'The Unhappy Matryonka', 'Brother Fedos' and 'Vanka-Cain'.

Aleksei Cherstvov
as

Inna Makarova
as

Mariya Vinogradova
as

Mariya Sapozhnikova
as Akulina (uncredited)

Natalya Bondarchuk
as

Erast Garin
as

Nikolay Burlyaev
as

Svetlana Kryuchkova
as

Valeri Kozinets
as

Liya Akhedzhakova
as