This movie is a screen adaptation of the eponymous play by Horia Lovinescu. It follows a "bourgeois" family as it copes with the emerging communist regime. Different members of the family take different paths.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Marcela RusuIrina | Irina |
 György KovácsMatei | Matei |
 Ion FinteşteanuGrigore Dragomirescu | Grigore Dragomirescu |
 Maria CupceaEmilia | Emilia |
| AAna Lucamama Emiliei | mama Emiliei |
 Petre GheorghiuPetru | Petru |
 Nataşa AlexandraAdela | Adela |
 Nicky AtanasiuCostică | Costică |
 Zoe Anghel StancaMarie Jeanne | Marie Jeanne |
| GGenoveva PredaEcaterina Bogdan | Ecaterina Bogdan |
| VVirgil PopoviciDan Pleşa | Dan Pleşa |
 Septimiu SeverGeorge Gătescu | George Gătescu |
 Maria VoluntaruNot listed | Not listed |
| NNelly SterianNot listed | Not listed |
| SSultana SlăvescuNot listed | Not listed |
| JJulieta MărculescuNot listed | Not listed |
| LLidia ȘerbănescuNot listed | Not listed |
 Gheorghe MăruțăNot listed | Not listed |
| BBoris CiorneiNot listed | Not listed |