A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.
Ирина Купченко
as Liza
Леонид Кулагин
as Lavretsky
Beata Tyszkiewicz
as Varvara Pavlovna
Тамара Чернова
as Maria Dmitriyevna
Виктор Сергачёв
as Panshin
Василий Меркурьев
as Gedeonovsky
Александр Костомолоцкий
as Lemm
Мария Дурасова
as Marfa Timofeyevna
Владимир Кочурихин
as Anton
Сергей Никоненко
as Grishka
Никита Михалков
as Prince Nelidov
Николай Губенко
as Sitnikov
