The local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person. She is lonely, although she is cared for by a confident and promising colleague. Yelizaveta Maksimovna has one patient, a manly, full-energy ship builder Yershov, chained to the bed with a paralysis of both legs. All doctors recommend him rest, and Elizaveta Maksimovna advises to work and not feel sorry for herself. Yershov with all his heart falls in love with his doctor, and she loves him, but she does not dare to say her feelings. Ershov thinks that he has no hopes, but...
Элина Быстрицкая
as Yelizaveta Muromtseva
Сергей Бондарчук
as Yuri Yershov
Софья Гиацинтова
as Anna Yershova, Yuri's Mother
Евгений Самойлов
as Aleksandr Aganin
Евгений Лебедев
as Fyodor Ivanovich
Александр Лариков
as grandpa Spirin
Герман Хованов
as Vasiliy Spirin
Юрий Толубеев
as Nikolai Sladkov
Эраст Гарин
as Koloskov
Антонина Богданова
as aunt Polya, Muromtseva's neighbour
Сергей Карнович-Валуа
as professor Valentin Osipovich
Сергей Дворецкий
as student Sergei Andreyev
