The picture compares the fate of two heroines Anna and her lively and energetic sister-in-law Vasilisa, who openly defies the old way of life.
Kuzma Yastrebetsky
Wassilij Schironin
Olga Narbekova
Matwejewna, his wife (as O. Narbekova)
Елена Максимова
A soldier widow
Георгий Бобынин
Iwan
Эмма Цесарская
Wassilissa
Raisa Puzhnaya
Anna
Иван Савельев
Nicolai, the blacksmith
Гуля Королёва
Инна Федорова
(as Inna Fedorova)
E. Safonova
Aunt Alena