A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Leonid Yarmolnik | Don Rumata |
Yuriy Tsurilo | Don Pampa |
Natalya Moteva | Ari |
Aleksandr Chutko | Don Reba |
Aleksandr Ilin | Arata |
Evgeniy Gerchakov | Budakh |
Pyotr Merkuryev | Gur |
Juris Laucinsh | Palach |
Vytautas Paukštė | Kabani |
Konstantin Vorobyov | |
Aleksandr Cherednik | |
Valentin Golubenko | Arata |