Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Vladimir Solovyov
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Grigori Belov
Lesnitskiy
Gennadi Pechnikov
Mayer
Vyacheslav Isayev
Wallace Beard
Sergei Tsenin
translator
Yuri Lyubimov
peasant
Ivan Kashirin
selectionist (uncredited)
Sergey Bondarchuk
Aleksandr Smirnov
professor Kigunov (uncredited)
Viktor Klyucharyov
Pashkevich (uncredited)
Pavel Gaideburov
Pashkevch's wife (uncredited)
Yevgeniya Khovanskaya
Terentiy
Nikolai Shamin
Pashkevich's guest (uncredited)
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Klara Luchko
Michurin in his youth (uncredited)
Anatoliy Larionov
Michurina in her youth (uncredited)
Natalya Sadovskaya
Bykov's guest (uncredited)
Yevgeni Gurov
member of the revkom (uncredited)
Pyotr Savin
Nikolai Khryashchikov
Shurusha (uncredited)
Anatoli Zhukov
official (uncredited)
Sergei Antimonov
professor (uncredited)
Mikhail Grodskiy
Kartashov
Fyodor Grigoryev
Viktor Matisen
first scientist (uncredited)
Aleksandr Pelevin
second scientist (uncredited)
Nikolai Neronov
worker (uncredited)
Leonid Knyazev
Kartashov's student (uncredited)
Pavel Vinnik
Natasha (uncredited)
Svetlana Bogolyubova
student (uncredited)
Anatoliy Solovyov
division commander (uncredited)
Aleksey Bakhar
Nikolay Lebedev
Meshkov (uncredited)
Andrei Petrov
Khrenov
Mikhail Zharov
secretary (uncredited)
Vsevolod Semyonov
guest (uncredited)
Valerian Kazanskiy
Alexandra Michurina in young age (uncredited)
Natalia Sadovskaya
Aleksandra Vasilyevna Michurina
Oleksandra Vasylieva
father Khristofor
Konstantin Nassonov
Bykov
Aleksei Zhiltsov
postman
Ivan Nazarov
Ryabov
Viktor Khokhryakov
Sinitsyn
Dmitriy Dubov
Makeup Artist
Nikolay Pechentsov
Original Music Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Production Design
Gennady Myasnikov
Director of Photography
Leonid Kosmatov
Costume Design
Konstantin Urbetis
Mikhail Bogdanov
Director
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Writer
Yuli Kun
Sound
Nikolai Timartsev
Editor
Mariya Timofeyeva