The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, but is powerless to fight it. He begins to drink, leaves the house and gradually falls. The behavior of Protasov helps to bring his wife Liza closer to a longtime friend of the family, Viktor Karenin. Unable to endure the lies and humiliation associated with the upcoming divorce proceedings, Fedya pretends to commit suicide and seemed to forever leave his family. It is only due to the accident that it becomes known that Fedor Protasov is alive. Liza, reconciled with the death of her husband and became the wife of Karenin, is summoned to court on charges of duality. To stop the stupid and deceitful comedy of the court and rid the shame of innocent people, Protasov shoots himself.
Николай Симонов
as Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)
Галина Инютина
as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)
Yelizaveta Time
as Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother
Klavdiya Trofimova
as Sasha, Liza's Sister
Anatoly Dubensky
as Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin
Елизавета Жихарева
as Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother
Yakov Malyutin
as Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz
Olga Lebzak
as Masha the Gypsy
Константин Адашевский
as Afremov
Aleksandr Chekayevsky
as Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov
Михаил Екатерининский
as Petushkov the Artist
Aleksand Kireyev
as Artemyev
