There were three sisters — Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Vera, having survived unhappy love, goes to the monastery, where she gives birth to a child. The child dies, Vera commits suicide. Lyuba and grandmother attend church and maintain relations with priest Aleksandr. To Nadezhda that condemns their religiosity, it seems that Lyuba is in love with father Aleksandr. She comes home to him and demands that he stop dating Lyuba. However, it turns out that Aleksandr is in love with Nadezhda. Knowing him better, she reciprocates him, facing a difficult choice, Aleksandr breaks with religion.
as Karyakin
as Aleksandr
as Nadezhda
as Lyuba
as Grekov
as Fyodor Illarionovich
as grandmother
as Vera
as college director
as Klimentiy
as factory worker
as Dariya
as Alevtina
as Nadezhda's friend
as Yekaterina Antonovna
as Vera
as neighbor
as Nadezhda's friend
as podyachy
as veteran
as parishioner
as Ivan Afanasyevich
as Aleksandr's wife
as organizer of the poetry evening
as neighbor
as philosopher (uncredited)
as guest (uncredited)
as churchman (uncredited)
as guest (uncredited)
