The film covers the period from 1900 to 1917. Historical events—the Russo-Japanese War, January 9, and others—are shown through the eyes of a mother who begins to realize that her children have many like-minded followers, and thanks to this, she comes to believe in the feasibility of the ideals for which her eldest son sacrificed himself. Only the awareness that his cause is not hopeless, that it is achievable and close to victory, gives her the courage to endure separation from her loved ones and wandering.
Cast
Yelena Fadeyeva
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova
Nina Menshikova
Anna
Rodion Nahapetov
Vladimir
Gennadi Chertov
Aleksandr
Yuriy Solomin
Dmitry
Tamara Loginova
Maria
Aleksandra Moskalyova
Elizaveta Vasilievna Krupskaya
Yelmira Kapustina
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Nadezhda Fedosova
Praskovya Osmukhina
Viktor Shakhov
Pavel Osmukhin
Georgi Yepifantsev
Mark Elizarov
Yuriy Bykov
Gorchilin
Arkadi Tsinman
Gendarme general
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Commander
Pavel Tarasov
Administering
Crew
Mark Donskoy
Director
Irina Donskaya
Writer
Zoya Voskresenskaya
Writer
Sara Rubinstein
Script Editor
Mariya Rodionova
Editor
Mikhail Yakovich
Director of Photography
V. Raenko
Assistant Director
Svetlana Rimalis
Assistant Director
V. Safonova
Assistant Director
N. Khanzhonkov
Assistant Director
David Prober
Executive Producer
Grigoriy Rimalis
Executive Producer
Boris Dulenkov
Production Design
Sergey Filippov
Camera Operator
Vladimir Okunev
Assistant Camera
I. Tutunov
Assistant Camera
Konstantin Alekseyev
Visual Effects Camera
Natalya Shnayder-Khachatryan
Costume Design
Eleonora Maklakova
Costume Design
Valentina Pustovalova
Key Makeup Artist
A. Pushkin
Key Makeup Artist
V. Pavlovsky
Second Unit Director
Ye. Lunina
Second Unit Director
Anatoli Dikan
Sound Recordist
V. Pligin
Lighting Technician
Vladimir Nikitchenko
Visual Effects Designer
Rafail Khozak
Original Music Composer
Boris Kuzovkin
Set Designer
I. Pushkareva
Script Consultant
N. Mamai
Script Consultant
L. Rakov
Script Consultant
V. Orlov
Assistant Production Design
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor