
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

Yuriy Nazarov
man on the ferry

Nikolay Gorlov
отец Никодим

Vladimir Mashchenko
captain Schwartz

Andrey Smolyakov
Alyosha

Yevgeny Gurov
general (uncredited)

Sergei Bondarchuk
Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius

Eduard Izotov
lawyer

Boris Ivanov
hegumen

Ivan Lapikov
old man on the ferry

Georgi Burkov
merchant

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
director of the cadet corps

Valentin Kulik
landlord

Arkadi Trusov
priest

Valentina Titova
Mary Korotkova

Irina Skobtseva
lady at the ball

Aleksandr Lebedev
monk

Nikolai Gritsenko
general

Lyudmila Maksakova
Makovkina

Ivan Solovyov
bishop Nikodim

Olga Anokhina
merchant's daughter

Alla Demidova
Pashenka

Vladislav Strzhelchik
Nicholas I

Aleksandr Belyavskiy
gentleman on the ferry

Svetlana Svetlichnaya
lady (uncredited)