Lieutenant Ryabovich was accustomed to the monotonous life of an officer, but he found another life-society-difficult: ritual conversations, cards, billiards, chance encounters with random women. One of these women kisses Ryabovich in the house of a provincial landowner, and now the officer's thoughts are consumed by her half-imaginary image. Meanwhile, the frivolous Lieutenant Lobytko teases his gentle friend, unaware of the danger.

Oleg Yankovskiyas Mikhail Ryabovich
Aleksandr Abdulovas Lobytko
Oleg Menshikovas Merzlyakov
Oleg Tabakovas brigadier general
Alexander Adabashyanas Sergei, the general's son
Sokrat Abdukadyrovas Suleimanov
Aleksandr Vokachas генерал фон Раббек
Irina Alfyorovaas барышня в сиреневом
Yevgeniya Khanayevaas жена генерала
Vladimir Borisov
Vilen Kalyuta