After the death of her father, Antonina Staroselskaya has difficulty finding work. A dull life is the cause of illness. A merchant seaman takes care of the sick Tona. After the marriage, he is arrested for smuggling, and the care of Tonya is transferred to a neighbor, who beats her from time to time. A chance meeting with the builders of a residential area awakens the desire to be closer to people, to become needed by someone - and Tonya comes to the construction site...

Antonina Staroselskaya

Leonid Skvortsov

Pal Palych

Ivan Nikolayevich Sidorov

Zhenya Sidorova

Aleksey

Nikolay Terentyevich Vishnyakov
Shchupak

Arkadiy Osipovich

Boris Sergeyevich Kapilitsyn

Contrabandist

Raya Zvereva

Yarofeich

L. L. Dorn

Antonina's Neighbor

Katya

Amateur Group Leader

Anna