A detective-dramatic chronicle of love adventures of the famous Russian ballerina Olga Spesivtseva, nicknamed by contemporaries Red Giselle. It was Giselle who immortalized her name in 1924. It was "Giselle" that caused the psychic catastrophe in 1942.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Galina TyuninaOlga Spesivtseva | Olga Spesivtseva |
 Mikhail KozakovAkim Volynsky | Akim Volynsky |
 Evgeniy SidikhinBoris Kaplun | Boris Kaplun |
 Ivan OkhlobystinSerge Lifar | Serge Lifar |
 Aleksandr Khvanchinese | chinese |
 Aleksei Germandoctor | doctor |
 Sergey VinogradovAnton Dolin | Anton Dolin |
 Andrey SmirnovGeorge Brown | George Brown |
| TTatyana Moskvinalibrettist | librettist |
 Anastasiya MelnikovaLidochka Ivanova | Lidochka Ivanova |
 Anna Aleksakhinainsane woman | insane woman |
 Tatyana TkachSpesivtseva's mother | Spesivtseva's mother |
| EEvgeni Panfilovchoreographer | choreographer |
 Lyudmila ArzhannikovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Andrey Kuznetsov-VecheslovNikolay Legat | Nikolay Legat |
 Olga Vasilevamaid | maid |