Margarita Terekhova

Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother

Ignat Daniltsev

Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old

Larisa Tarkovskaya

Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei

Alla Demidova

Lisa

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Forensic Doctor

Mykola Hrynko

Printery Director

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table

Yuriy Nazarov

Rifle Shooting Instructor

Oleg Yankovskiy

The Father

Filipp Yankovsky

Aleksei - 5 Years Old

Tatyana Reshetnikova

Proofreader in Printing House

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

Arseny Tarkovsky

Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)

Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova

Old Mother

Yuri Sventikov

Asafiev - War Orphan

Olga Kizilova

Redheaded Girl

Ernesto del Bosque

Spanish Refugee

Luis Correcher

Spanish Refugee

Ángel Gutiérrez

Spanish Refugee

Dionisio García Zapico

Spanish Refugee

Tomas Pamies

Spanish Refugee

Teresa Del Bosque

Spanish Refugee Twin

Tatiana Del Bosque

Spanish Refugee Twin