"Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", "Misery", "Grateful", "Polinka", "The Cynic", "The Ninny"."
Vladimir Basov
as Smychkov
Natalya Vorobyova
as Bibulova
Evgeni Leonov
as Nyukhin
Ivan Lapikov
as Iona
Pavel Pavlenko
as Ivan Petrovich
Valentina Titova
as Mariya Semyonovna
Viktor Sergachyov
as Misha Bobov
Yelena Korolyova
as Polinka
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Nikolai Timofeyevich
Yuri Volyntsev
as Syusin
Nikolai Sergeyev
as Conductor
Igor Kashintsev
as Writer
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as Head of the house
Zhanna Bolotova
as Yuliya Vasilyevna
Viktor Kolpakov
as Musician
Lev Polyakov
as Anatol
Sofya Garrel
as Anatol's mother
Pavel Shpringfeld
as Nephew of the departed
Vsevolod Abdulov
as Student
Zinaida Naryshkina
as Visitor
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Galina Kravchenko
as Shopper
Stanislav Khitrov
Nikolay Gorlov
Yevgeny Gurov
Yelena Tyapkina
as Nyukhin's wife
Larisa Blinova
as Nyukhin's daughter
Cheslav Sushkevich
Isaac Schwarts
Music
Mikhail Shveitser
Director
Writer
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
Abram Freydin
Production Design
German Lavrov
Director of Photography