Маргарита Терехова
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Игнат Данильцев
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Алла Демидова
Lisa
Анатолий Солоницын
Forensic Doctor
Микола Гринько
Printery Director
Тамара Огородникова
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Юрий Назаров
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Олег Янковский
The Father
Филипп Янковский
Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Татьяна Решетникова
Proofreader in Printing House
Ángel Gutiérrez
Spanish Refugee
Иннокентий Смоктуновский
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Arseny Tarkovsky
Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)
Лариса Тарковская
Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei
Юрий Свентиков
Asafiev - War Orphan
Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
Old Mother
Olga Kizilova
Redheaded Girl
Ernesto del Bosque
Spanish Refugee
Luis Correcher
Spanish Refugee
Dionisio García Zapico
Spanish Refugee
Tomas Pamies
Spanish Refugee
Teresa Del Bosque
Spanish Refugee Twin
Tatiana Del Bosque
Spanish Refugee Twin