Andrei Popov

as Chehov

Anatoliy Papanov

as Startsev

Nonna Terentyeva

as Katya

Lidiya Shtykan

as Vera Iosifovna

Igor Gorbachyov

as Turkin

Aleksey Batalov

as Shergov

Aleksandr Borisov

as Puzyrev

Grigoriy Shpigel

as lawyer Losev

Yevgeni Shutov

as Panteleimon

Olga Aroseva

as Maria Chekhova

Leonid Bykov

as Carter

Vladimir Volchik

as Drunken

Olga Gobzeva

as Teacher

Liliya Gurova

as Anisya

Rina Zelyonaya

as Authoress

Ivan Krasko

as Author

Pantelejmon Krymov

as Andryusha

Vera Lipstok

as Wife of a sick man

Gitana Leontenko

as Street acrobat

Lyubov Malinovskaya

as Anfisa

Nina Mamayeva

as Puzyrev's wife

Yuri Medvedev

as Doctor Sveshnikov

N. Melnikov

Aleksandr Orlov

as Street musician

Valentina Pugachova

as Nurse

Iya Savvina

as Lady with a dog

Nikolai Sergeyev

as Sick man

Aleksei Smirnov

as Gentleman with pineapple

Lev Stepanov

as Man in a case

Roman Tkachuk

as Volsky

Oleg Khromenkov

Georgiy Yumatov

as Mikhail Makarovich

Stepan Krylov

as Sinyukhin (uncredited)

Mariya Vinogradova

as Jealous man's wife (uncredited)

Anatoli Stolbov

as Player (uncredited)

Yuri Rychkov

as Arkasha Losev (uncredited)

Vladimir Kochurikhin

as Kirill Kondratyevich, geography teacher