A young provincial, Aleksander Aduev, moves to St. Petersburg to live with his pragmatic uncle, where he experiences the collapse of his romantic ideals.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Oleg TabakovAleksandr Aduyev | Aleksandr Aduyev |
 Mikhail KozakovPyotr Ivanovich Aduyev | Pyotr Ivanovich Aduyev |
 Liliya TolmachevaElizaveta Aleksandrovna | Elizaveta Aleksandrovna |
 Lyudmila IvanovaMariya Mikhaylovna Lyubetskaya | Mariya Mikhaylovna Lyubetskaya |
 Lyudmila KrylovaNadenka Lyubetskaya | Nadenka Lyubetskaya |
 Anastasiya VertinskayaTafayeva | Tafayeva |
 Boris KhmelnitskyCount Novinskiy | Count Novinskiy |
 Aleksey KutuzovPospelov | Pospelov |
 Valentin GaftSurkov | Surkov |
 Igor KvashaNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Rogvold SukhoverkoDoctor | Doctor |
 Vladimir SuvorovNot listed | Not listed |