The year is 1915; World War I is underway. In Petrograd, the young Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky meets a married couple, Lilya and Osip Brik. He reads them his poem *A Cloud in Trousers*; Lilya and Osip fall instantly and forever in love with Mayakovsky’s poetry, recognizing an extraordinary talent—a poetic genius—before them. Vladimir, in turn, falls in love with Lilya—also instantly and forever.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mariya SmolnikovaLilya Brik | Lilya Brik |
 Evgeniy StychkinOsip Brik | Osip Brik |
 Andrey MaksimovVladimir Mayakovsky | Vladimir Mayakovsky |
 Angelina StrechinaElza | Elza |
 Agrippina SteklovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksei German Jr.Viktor Shklovsky | Viktor Shklovsky |
 Andrey SmolyakovMaxim Gorky | Maxim Gorky |
 Ivan AgapovAnatoly Lunacharsky | Anatoly Lunacharsky |
 Mikhail KrylovAleksei Kruchyonykh | Aleksei Kruchyonykh |
 Marietta Tsigal-PolishchukSofia Parnok | Sofia Parnok |
 Elizaveta ArzamasovaEllie Jones | Ellie Jones |
 Victor DobronravovNot listed | Not listed |