"Set in the Soviet Union, the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks."
Yuri Belyayev
as Aleksandr Kryukov
Yelena Solovey
as Irina
Irina Skobtseva
as Anna Ivanovna
Yuri Zvyagintsev
as Yura
Sergei Yakovlev
as Ivan Semyonovich
Irina Rozanova
as Tanya
Yevgeni Vesnik
as otets Aleksandra
Yuriy Kuznetsov
as Stanislav Lapshin
Mykola Hrynko
as akademik Stanislav Sheshko
Arkadi Shalolashvili
as psikhiatr Mikhail Gorodkov
Andrei Tolubeyev
as matematik Nikolay
Ilya Ivanov
as arkhitektor Semyon Zapolskiy
Aleksei Buldakov
as Sergey Pivovarov
Tatyana Zhuravleva
as Nadezhda Kudelkina
Nina Ruslanova
as Partirnaya rabotnitsa
Elena Popova
as Exhibition visitor (uncredited)
Aleksandr Slastin
as Polkovnik
Valeri Smolyakov
as Ofitsiant
Natalya Sayko
as Emma Andreyevna
Yury Eller
as Starshiy referent
Oleg Basilashvili
as Posetitel vystavki (uncredited)
Pavel Kornakov
as
Natalya Vasilyeva
Costume Design
Vladimir Bortko
Writer
Arkadiy Inin
Anatoly Lapshov
Director of Photography
Vladimir Dashkevich
Music
Director
Leda Semyonova
Editor
Production Design