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
Yelena 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)
Aleksandr Degtyar
Marusya's father
Natalya Tsvetkova
(uncredited)
Ilya Frez
Director
Yevgeni Shvarts
Writer
Yevgeni Shvarts
Novel
Gavriil Egiazarov
Director of Photography
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Original Music Composer
Mikhail Ziv
Original Music Composer
V. Dmitriev
Sound Director
Elza Rappoport
Costume Design
Lyudmila Blatova
Production Design
Avenir Zak
Second Unit Director
Berta Pogrebinskaya
Editor
Viktor Losev
First Assistant Director
E. Arabova
Second Assistant Director
A. Adrianova
Script Consultant
A. Spiridonov
Camera Operator
B. Kazanskaya
Assistant Costume Designer
A. Demyanenko
Assistant Production Coordinator
I. Blyumberg
Producer
Arnold Roytman
Conductor