Vasiliy Shukshin character Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov character pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk character pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin character pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov character pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov character sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko character lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov character pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova character Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy character surgeon
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina character Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky character corporal Kochetygov
Tatyana Bozhok character nurse
Andrei Popov character author's narration
Nikolay Shutko character cook lisichenko
Evgeniy Samoylov character Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva character head nurse
Angelina Stepanova character old Cossack woman
Daniil Ilchenko character Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin character soldier Akim Borzykh
Nikolai Gorlov character orderly
Gennady Safronov character the chairman
Boris Nikiforov character captain Sumskov
Anatoli Pereverzev character Khmiz
Vitaly Leonov character soldier
Mikhail Chigaryov character soldier
Stanislav Borodokin character soldier
Leonid Trutnev character soldier
Pyotr Merkuryev character soldier
