Ahmad Donish, a scholar and educator, an outstanding Tajik writer and thinker of the 19th century, envoy of the Bukhara Emirate to Russia, who did much to bring the Russian and Tajik peoples closer together and to introduce progressive democratic ideas to Central Asia—the authors dedicate this film to him.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| MMakhmudzhan VakhidovАхмед Дониш | Ахмед Дониш |
 Abdulkhair KasymovАбулькасым | Абулькасым |
 Ato MukhamedzhanovEmir Muzaffar | Emir Muzaffar |
 Vladlen DavydovСтасов | Стасов |
 Sergei Karnovich-ValuaГорчаков | Горчаков |
 Pantelejmon KrymovВерещагин | Верещагин |
 Bruno FrejndlikhStruve | Struve |
 Grigoriy Shpigelofficial Stremoukhov Sr. | official Stremoukhov Sr. |
 Galina VishnevskayaAdelina Patti | Adelina Patti |
 Serhii DvoretskyiKazimbek | Kazimbek |
 Gurmindzh ZavkibekovKilichbek | Kilichbek |
 Anvar TuraevSavdo | Savdo |
| YYakov GolyakovKhan | Khan |