The adventurous love story of Turgenev's illegitimate daughter Asya, who ran away from the estate to St. Petersburg with her lover, is intertwined with actual facts from the writer's life. The film has nothing to do with the novel of the same name.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Olga RozevskayaAsya | Asya |
 Konstantin KhokhlovNot listed | Not listed |
 Ekaterina Korchagina-AleksandrovskayaNot listed | Not listed |
 Anatoli NelidovNot listed | Not listed |
 Irina VolodkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Sergey GlagolinStepan | Stepan |
 Kondrat YakovlevCount Benkendorf / Chertogon | Count Benkendorf / Chertogon |