A rural teacher, whose letters to Leo Tolstoy are read in the movie, sees the meaning of his work not just in teaching children to read and write, but in the education of human personality.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Vyacheslav BaranovTeacher | Teacher |
 Valentin SmirnitskiyNot listed | Not listed |
 Rimma MarkovaNot listed | Not listed |
| FFeliksas EinasNot listed | Not listed |
 Svetlana TormakhovaNot listed | Not listed |
| YYelena MikhaylovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandr SaykoNot listed | Not listed |
 Anastasiya NemolyaevaNot listed | Not listed |
| FFyokla Tolstaya(as Anna Tolstaya) | (as Anna Tolstaya) |
| IInna ZolnikovaNot listed | Not listed |
| MMikhail Svirin(as Misha Svirin) | (as Misha Svirin) |
| LLeonid Porter(as Lyonya Porter) | (as Lyonya Porter) |
| AAlexey Bolshakov(as Lyosha Bolshakov) | (as Lyosha Bolshakov) |
 Aleksandr Dobrikov(as Sasha Dobrikov) | (as Sasha Dobrikov) |
| AAleksei Shabanov(as Lyosha Shabanov) | (as Lyosha Shabanov) |