The young machine operator Fyodor Soloveikov marries Stesha from a neighboring village and moves to live with her parents in a house. Young and energetic, he suffocates in the petty bourgeois world of the family, living away from collective farm life. Quarrels arise between young people, where old men pour oil of discord. Not receiving proper support from his wife, Fyodor leaves home.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Nikolai RybnikovFyodor | Fyodor |
 Nonna MordyukovaStesha | Stesha |
 Nikolai SergeyevSilan Ryashkin | Silan Ryashkin |
 Aleksandra DenisovaAlevtina Ryashkina | Alevtina Ryashkina |
 Elena MaksimovaVarvara Stepanovna | Varvara Stepanovna |
 Stepan KrylovMiron | Miron |
 Lyubov MalinovskayaPelageya | Pelageya |
 Maya ZabulisTosya | Tosya |
 Leonid KmitFedot | Fedot |
 Vladimir GulyaevSubbotin | Subbotin |
 Yuriy SolovyovPyotr Chizhov | Pyotr Chizhov |
 Gennadiy YukhtinVasya the harmonist | Vasya the harmonist |
 Elena VolskayaGlazycheva | Glazycheva |
 Leonid BykovLev Zakharovich | Lev Zakharovich |
 Alevtina RumyantsevaKatya | Katya |
| LLyudmila GolubevaMariya | Mariya |
 Andrei Kostrichkinold man at the wedding | old man at the wedding |
 Valerian Vinogradovkomsomol committee member | komsomol committee member |
 Georgi Zhzhyonovguest at the wedding (uncredited) | guest at the wedding (uncredited) |
 Rimma BykovaMashenka the typist (uncredited) | Mashenka the typist (uncredited) |