Fabrikant, Ilya Artamonov of the former serfs. His desire to strengthen and develop the business knows no obstacles. He is still associated with the peasants and craftsmen, but with his death, this relationship ends. Between Peter Artamonov, his son, who became the owner of the factory, and the workers grows a wall of enmity. The first political speeches are brewing. On the side of the proletariat becomes the heir artemovskogo case Ilya Artamonov, Jr.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Sergei RomodanovIlya Artamonov | Ilya Artamonov |
 Tamara ChistyakovaUlyana Ivanovna Baimakova | Ulyana Ivanovna Baimakova |
 Mikhail DerzhavinPyotr Artamonov | Pyotr Artamonov |
 Vera MaretskayaNatalya | Natalya |
 Vladimir BalashovNikita | Nikita |
 Nina ZorskayaOlga | Olga |
 Grigoriy ShpigelYakov | Yakov |
 Mikhail PugovkinStepasha Barsky | Stepasha Barsky |
 Nadir MalishevskyIlya Jr | Ilya Jr |
 Tatyana BaryshevaBarskaya | Barskaya |
 Yevgeni TeterinMiron Alekseevich Artamonov | Miron Alekseevich Artamonov |
| GGari MinovitskayaTatyana | Tatyana |
 Aleksandr SmirnovAleksei | Aleksei |
| BBoris ShukhminTikhon Vyalov | Tikhon Vyalov |
| KKonstantin LishafaevDmitry Pavlovich Longinov | Dmitry Pavlovich Longinov |
 Georgi SvetlaniBoris Morozov | Boris Morozov |
 Lyubov OrlovaPaula Menotti | Paula Menotti |