7 actors participated in the film who were later awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR: Batalov (1976), Smoktunovsky (1974), Plotnikov (1966), Blinnikov (1963), Gerdt (1990), Evstigneev (1983), Durov (1990).
Alexey Batalov witnessed that numerous dark parts which were conceived by the authors were removed from the film per censorship requirements.