The film is a play about the collapse of the Vanyushins merchant family. The head of the family is a stranger to his children. The insight turned out to be cruel: sharp contradictions, anger, enmity, greed tear the family apart. Not finding a way out of this situation, he commits suicide.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Michail TsarevNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandr GoloborodkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Galina DyominaNot listed | Not listed |
 Lyudmila SuvorkinaNot listed | Not listed |
 Elena TsyplakovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Irina PechernikovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandr OvchinnikovNot listed | Not listed |
 Irina LiksoNot listed | Not listed |
 Vyacheslav YezepovNot listed | Not listed |
 Valeriy NosikNot listed | Not listed |
 Muza SedovaNot listed | Not listed |
| GGalina BunakovaNot listed | Not listed |