

A.N. Ostrovsky recalls the first period of his creative work (1849–1859), when he began collaborating with the Maly Theatre and with masters of the Russian stage such as L.P. Kositskaya, M.S. Shchepkin, and P.M. Sadovsky. Almost every character in this film is a real historical figure.
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Cast

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
А. Н. Островский

Valentina Malyavina
Любовь Павловна Косицкая

Galina Polskikh
Агафья Ивановна

Oleg Yankovskiy
Дмитрий Андреевич Горев

Oleg Anofriev
Шмыга

Boris Ivanov
Михаил Семенович Щепкин

Leonid Kulagin
Пров Михайлович Садовский

German Kachin
Сергей Васильевич Васильев

Larisa Vadko
Софья Павловна Акимова

Konstantin Voinov
Алексей Николаевич Верстовский

Igor Kashintsev
Александр Михайлович Гедеонов

Vladimir Zamanskiy
Михаил Петрович Погодин
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