Mstislav Kotelnikovas Fyodor Rubakin, Red army soldierAleksandr Zhukovas Yashka BukhvalovIvan Kachalovas Yashka's fatherSofya Yakovlevaas Grunya KlimovaTatyana Baryshevaas Peasant girl, Grunya's friendVasiliy Aristovas YeryomkaNadezhda Kovalyovaas Lusha, Fyodor's wifeA. Otradinas Stepan YelimovKonstantin Efimovas Lyagaviy, street beggarAleksandr Andreyevas Kudimych, millerA. Dneprovaas MakarikhaS. Zlobinas Shurka, komsomol memberA. Gaileshas PriestVladimir Makarovas (uncredited)Klavdiya Chebyshyovaas (uncredited)