Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev is not that young of an actor. For many years he plays in the provincial theater in leading roles. The director of a play based on a play that was written for Goryaev takes the young actor for his role. Goryaev at first falls into despair, leaves the theater, turns to friends. After a while he digests what happened and realizes that it is time to leave the stage with dignity.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Evgeniy EvstigneevPavel Goryayev | Pavel Goryayev |
 Alla DemidovaSvetilnikova | Svetilnikova |
 Igor KvashaVereshchagin | Vereshchagin |
| YYekaterina GrazhdanskayaKatya | Katya |
 Angelina StepanovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Igor StaryginNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladislav StrzhelchikNot listed | Not listed |
 Valentin GaftNot listed | Not listed |
 Mikhail KononovNot listed | Not listed |
 Nikolay TrofimovNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir PitsekNot listed | Not listed |
 Pavel VinnikNot listed | Not listed |
 Boris BityukovNot listed | Not listed |
 Valentin BryleevNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandra DanilovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Zoya IsaevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Svetlana KonovalovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Irina MurzayevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Nikolay SmorchkovNot listed | Not listed |
 Valentina TeleginaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ivan ZhevagoNot listed | Not listed |
 Valentina BerezutskayaNot listed | Not listed |
| NNina MagerNot listed | Not listed |