
Father Sergius
Prince Stepan Kasatsky is an officer, an ardent, proud young man, and a big fan of the tsar. Kasatsky is going to marry, but at the last moment he learns from the bride that she was the mistress of the emperor. The prince is deeply disappointed in social life, he takes a monastic vow and leaves the capital. Faith in God was to save the soul, but passions and worldly temptations don't leave Kasatsky.
Cast

Ivan Lapikov
old man on the ferry

Alla Demidova
Pashenka

Arkadi Trusov
priest

Nikolay Gorlov
отец Никодим

Sergey Bondarchuk
Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius

Valentina Titova
Mary Korotkova

Boris Ivanov
hegumen

Vladislav Strzhelchik
Nicholas I

Ivan Solovyov
bishop Nikodim

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
director of the cadet corps

Georgi Burkov
merchant

Eduard Izotov
lawyer

Vladimir Mashchenko
captain Schwartz

Nikolai Gritsenko
general

Yuriy Nazarov
man on the ferry

Andrey Smolyakov
Alyosha

Svetlana Svetlichnaya
lady (uncredited)

Lyudmila Maksakova
Makovkina

Aleksandr Belyavskiy
gentleman on the ferry

Valentin Kulik
landlord

Aleksandr Lebedev
monk

Olga Anokhina
merchant's daughter

Irina Skobtseva
lady at the ball

Yevgeny Gurov
general (uncredited)