87 minutos
Based on short stories by Vasiliy Shukshin. About the life and people of the modern Soviet village. Old Yermolai lived all his life in one village. He has four sons, each with their own problems. The youngest foolishly ended up in jail and, three months before his release, greatly missing his family, escaped.
Vsevolod Sanayev
father
Anastasiya Filippova
mother
Marta Grakhova
Vera
Aleksey Vanin
Ignatiy
Leonid Kuravlyov
Stepan
Leonid Reutov
Maksim
Viktor Shakhov
Vasiliy
Nikolay Grabbe
district militia officer
Aleksandra Dorokhina
Ignatiy's wife
Svetlana Zhgun
Nyura
Vadim Zakharchenko
doctor in the clinic
Olesya Ivanova
Klavdiya
Leonid Knyazev
Klavdiya's husband
Svetlana Kharitonova
pharmacist
Yakov Lents
pharmacist (uncredited)
Klavdiya Kozlyonkova
nurse in the clinic (uncredited)
Dmitriy Masanov
Knyazev
Zoya Vasilkova
pharmacist (uncredited)