A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.
Василий Шукшин
as Yegor Proskudin
Лидия Федосеева-Шукшина
as Lyuba Baikalova
Иван Рыжов
as Fyodor Baikalov
Алексей Ванин
as Pyotr Baikalov
Мария Виноградова
as Zoya Baikalova
Лев Дуров
as Sergei Mikhailovich, waiter
Георгий Бурков
as Guba
Мария Скворцова
as Lyuba's mother
Ефимия Быстрова
as Kudelikha, Yegor's mother
Татьяна Гаврилова
as Luciene
Николай Граббе
as Prison Warden
Александр Горбенко
as Kolya
