| Inna Churikova | ... | The Mother | |
| Viktor Rakov | ... | Pavel Viassov | |
| Liubomiras Lauciavicius | ... | The Father | |
| Aleksandr Shishonok | (as Sasha Shishonok) | ||
| Dmitriy Pevtsov | |||
| Aleksandr Karin | |||
| Ivan Kabardin | (as Vanya Kabardin) | ||
| Vladimir Prozorov | |||
| Vladimir Fateyev | (as Volodya Fateyev) | ||
| Olga Shukshina | |||
| Antonella Interlenghi | |||
| Andrei Rostotsky | |||
| Vyacheslav Bogachyov | |||
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | |||
| Andrey Myagkov | |||
| Mario Adorf | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sacha Chichonok | ... | Pavel as a Boy | |
Directed by | |||
| Gleb Panfilov | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Gleb Panfilov | (scenario) | |
| Maxim Gorky | (novel) | |
Produced by | |||
| Lionello Santi | .... | producer (as Nello Santi) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Vadim Bibergan | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Mikhail Agranovich | |||
| Alexandre Ilkhovski | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| E. Galinka | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Francesco Cuppini | |||
| Valeri Kostrin | |||
| Levan Lazishvili | |||
| Anatoli Panfilov | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Ganna Ganevskaya | |||
Production Management | |||
| Irina Mishina | .... | post-production supervisor: UK | |
| Fyodor Popov | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Maroussia Morgan | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Roland Kazaryan | .... | sound | |
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This is by no means a bad movie, but the strength that could be found in Panfilov's previous work is hidden here under unoriginal layers of hollywoodian filmmaking. Inna Churikova's character is beautiful: the evolution gives her room to show her talent, in a very dramatic manner. The book is very dramatic in the first place, but in a way that push the movie towards the flashy. Overall, I found that the film lacks subtlety and complexity.