Vera Alentova – Katerina Aleksandrovna Tikhomirova ("Katya") Irina Muravyova – Lyudmila Sviridova ("Lyuda") Raisa Ryazanova – Antonina Buyanova ("Tosya") Aleksey Batalov – Georgy Ivanovich ("Gosha"), Katya's partner Aleksandr Fatyushin – Sergei Gurin ("Seryozha"), a hockey player, Lyuda's ex-husband Boris Smorchkov – Nikolai, Tosya's husband Viktor Uralsky – Mikhail Ivanovich, Nikolai's father Valentina Ushakova – Anna Nikitichna, Nikolai's mother Yuri Vasilyev – Rodion Rachkov ("Rudolph"), Aleksandra's father Yevgeniya Khanayeva – Rodion's mother Liya Akhedzhakova – Olga Pavlovna, single's club director Zoya Fyodorova – "Aunt" Pasha, dormitory secretary Natalya Vavilova – Aleksandra, Katya's daughter Oleg Tabakov – Vladimir, Katya's lover Vladimir Basov – Anton Kruglov, deputy chief of the central board Alexander Borodyansky – Gosha's friend Garri Bardin