First-Year Student

Natalya Zashchipina Marusya Orlova

Tamara Makarova Anna Ivanovna, teacher

Kira Golovko Marusya's mother

Tatyana Barysheva Marusya's grandmother

Yelena Yegorova Veronika Ilyinishna, school principal

Igor Eroshkin Serezha

Mila Kostykova Galya

Elena Taranova Vera

Tamara Vikhman Nina Sokolova

Maria Zhvirblis Teacher

Valentina Kibardina Teacher

Stepan Kayukov Ivan Sergeyevich, street sweeper

Vladimir Uralskiy Policeman

Georgi Millyar Postman

Elena Maksimova Woman with flowers

Rostislav Plyatt Botanist

Mariya Yarotskaya Teacher's mother

Inna Reformatskaya Valya, pioneer leader

Elena Chaykovskaya Marusya's classmate (uncredited)

Rudolf Furmanov (uncredited)