In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but social life and art. While others just want to wash away their gloom, he reflects on the everyday sorrows and the role of art in that time of changes.
Cast
Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas / Cuckoo
Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc
Oleg Efremov
Painter
Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer
Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar
Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent
Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)
Nonna Mordyukova
White actress
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter
Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player
Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film
Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife
Vladimir Naumov
staff captain
Konstantin Voinov
white officer
Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife
Anatoly Yeliseyev
Vakhromeev
Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film
Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya
tall dancer
Irina Murzayeva
female pianist
Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky
Unknown
Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)
Aleksandr Milyutin
guard
Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)
Crew
Aleksandr Mitta
Director, Writer
Valeri Frid
Writer
Yuli Dunsky
Writer
Lyudmila Tsitsina
Script Editor
Nadezhda Veselovskaya
Editor
Yuri Sokol
Director of Photography
L. Goryacheva
First Assistant Director
A. Nikolayev
Second Assistant Director
Evgeniy Zilbershtein
Assistant Director
Natalya Ptushko
Assistant Director
Rafail Gimmelfarb
Producer
Boris Blank
Production Design
A. Zenyan
Camera Operator
Yu. Vasilyev
Assistant Camera
N. Lavrentyev
Assistant Camera
Alina Budnikova
Costume Design
Alla Dokuchayeva
Costume Design
N. Mityushkin
Makeup & Hair
Igor Urvantsev
Sound Director
Yuriy Chekmaryov
VFX Supervisor
Igor Felitsyn
VFX Director of Photography
Boris Chaikovsky
Original Music Composer
G. Afrikantov
Assistant Production Design
Alina Speshneva
Art Designer
Nikolay Serebryakov
Art Designer
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
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