Twelve-year-old Pavlukha lives on a fishing farm with his mother. His father left his family long ago, in which, apart from Paulukha, he has two other children. To help his mother somehow, the boy goes to town to earn money...
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| NNikolai KozlovPavlukha | Pavlukha |
 Raisa KurkinaZina | Zina |
| NNikolai LebedevRoman | Roman |
 Nadezhda RumyantsevaLyolya | Lyolya |
 Vladimir Solovyovuncle Yasha | uncle Yasha |
 Vladimir GusevLyokha | Lyokha |
 Nonna MordyukovaNatalya | Natalya |
| YYelena RudenkoTanya | Tanya |
 Vladimir SemyonovVitya | Vitya |
| VViktor SolodovnikovKostka | Kostka |
| VVladimir SolodovnikovVaska | Vaska |
 Viktor KhokhryakovKazaryan | Kazaryan |
 Ivan RyzhovChurkin | Churkin |
 Boris NovikovFertov | Fertov |
| NNatalya AverchenkovaVerka | Verka |
 Aleksandra Danilovafisherwoman | fisherwoman |
 Lyubov Kalyuzhnayafisherwoman | fisherwoman |
 Nikolai KhryashchikovKupriyan | Kupriyan |
 Sergey YurtaykinNikola | Nikola |
 Mikaela Drozdovskayaguest | guest |
 Valentina Ananinacranewoman | cranewoman |
 Klavdiya Khabarovanurse | nurse |
| YYuriy LaktionovNot listed | Not listed |