In the film, the authors act as researchers of the Thaw era and the generation of the sixties.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| NNaum KorzhavinNarrator | Narrator |
 Nikita VysotskyNarrator | Narrator |
 Bulat OkudzhavaNarrator | Narrator |
 Yevgeny YevtushenkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Leonid ParfyonovHost | Host |
 Igor KirillovNot listed | Not listed |
 Mikhail Gorbachev(archive footage) | (archive footage) |