 Boris ChirkovMikhail Ivanovich Glinka | Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka |
 Vasili MerkuryevJacob Ulanov Ulyanich | Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich |
 Mikhail DerzhavinGen. Vassili Andreyevich Zhukovsky | Gen. Vassili Andreyevich Zhukovsky |
 Pyotr AleynikovAlexander Pushkin | Alexander Pushkin |
| KKatya IvanovaAnna Petrovna Kern | Anna Petrovna Kern |
 Valentina SerovaMaria Petrovna Ivanova Glinka | Maria Petrovna Ivanova Glinka |
 Klavdiya PolovikovaLuisa Karlovna Ivanova | Luisa Karlovna Ivanova |
 Nikolai SvobodinBaron Igor Feodorovich Rozen | Baron Igor Feodorovich Rozen |
| AAleksander SobolevGlinka as a child | Glinka as a child |
 Lev SnezhnitskyIvan Nikolayevich Glinka | Ivan Nikolayevich Glinka |
| EElena KondratevaGlinka's Mother | Glinka's Mother |
 Mikhail NazvanovKostya, the Hussar | Kostya, the Hussar |
 Mikhail YanshinPetr Andreyevich Vyazensky | Petr Andreyevich Vyazensky |
| MMikhail MikhailovOsip Afanovich Petrov | Osip Afanovich Petrov |
 Viktor KoltsovVladimir Fedorovich Odoyevsky | Vladimir Fedorovich Odoyevsky |
 Vladimir VladislavskiyCount Mikhail Yurelivich Vielgorsky | Count Mikhail Yurelivich Vielgorsky |
| EElizaveta AntonovaAvdotya Yakolevna Vorobyeva | Avdotya Yakolevna Vorobyeva |
| LLyudmila LipskerovaKaterina Kern, as an adult | Katerina Kern, as an adult |
 Boris LivanovCzar Nicholas I | Czar Nicholas I |
 Aleksandr ShatovAleksandr Benkendorff | Aleksandr Benkendorff |
| KK. RashevskayaSinger of "Antonida" | Singer of "Antonida" |
 Mark PertsovskiyKavos, the conductor | Kavos, the conductor |
 Vladimir DruzhnikovRileyev | Rileyev |
| YYevgeny KaluzhskyAngry Old Man at Ball | Angry Old Man at Ball |
 Konstantin BartashevichMaria Petrovna's lover | Maria Petrovna's lover |
 Vladimir OsenevNot listed | Not listed |
 Kira GolovkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Sergey Kulagin"Dignitary" | "Dignitary" |
 Leonid PirogovNot listed | Not listed |
| LLeonid AlekseevNot listed | Not listed |
