Based on the events that took place in Odessa in 1910, when, on the instructions of the Foreign Bureau of the RSDLP, a prominent Bolshevik underground worker arrived in the city under the guise of a French timber merchant, who was to organize the delivery of illegal literature to Russia through the Odessa port. The task can be completed. In Odessa, a variety show theater was created, which, having gained fame, toured Russia and received "theater props" from France...
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mykola HrynkoAndrei Maksimovich / Viscount de Cordel | Andrei Maksimovich / Viscount de Cordel |
 Vladimir VysotskyBengalsky / Nikolai Kovalenko | Bengalsky / Nikolai Kovalenko |
 Efim KopelyanBobruisky-Dumbadze | Bobruisky-Dumbadze |
 Lionella PyryevaSophie | Sophie |
 Ivan Pereverzevgeneral-governor | general-governor |
 Georgiy YumatovMaksim | Maksim |
| NNikolay FedortsovBorisov | Borisov |
 Vladimir ShubarinAlfred II | Alfred II |
 Rada VolshaninovaGranovskaya | Granovskaya |
| NNikolai VolshaninovGranovsky | Granovsky |
 Elvira BrunovskayaEvelina | Evelina |
 Boryslav Brondukovwatchman | watchman |
| SSemyon KrupnikAli-Baba | Ali-Baba |
 Viktor Pavlovskydetective | detective |
 Vladimir Gulyaevpoliceman | policeman |
 Kira MuratovaNina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner | Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner |
| DDmitriy PonomarenkoNot listed | Not listed |