Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience.
Nadezhda Petrukhina
Tanya Petrukhina
Pavel Gavrilovich
Mitya Grachov
Igor, Tanya's husband
Boris Grigoriyevich
Konstantin Mikhaylovich Shuvalov
Zina Yermolayeva
Sergey Bystryakov
Shura
Morozov
Journalist
Misha, Guest as Tanya and Igor's
Student
Наталья Максимильяновна - секретарь училища
Tailor