
The story is about two friends living in one of the provinces of central Russia. Pyotr Vasilyevich decides to marry off his young friend, Boris Andreyich. They visit a widow, two sisters of marriageable age, and the Barsukov family, which consists of two members: the father and his 19-year-old daughter, Verochka.

as Борис Андреевич Вязовнин

as Петр Васильевич

as Степан Петрович Барсуков

as Верочка Барсукова

as Пелагея Ивановна Тиходуева

as Калимон Иванович Тиходуев

as Софья Кирилловна

as Эмеренция

as Поленька

as лейтенант Лебеф

as Лекок

as лейтенант Барбишон

as Жюли

as Тихон

as Карантьев

as сосед Барсукова

as лакей