It was a time with a rise of artistic life in the former capital of Russia. But the rise ended quickly and tragically with arrests and executions. Modern St. Petersburg and Petrograd of 1921 strangely and intricately intertwine in the mind of the director. The cruel, bloody, but romantic world of the first years of the Revolution converge with the artistic and domestic life of contemporary filmmaking on the same ground, on the same streets and squares.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Leonid GromovAndrey Pavlovich Kalistratov | Andrey Pavlovich Kalistratov |
 Andrei TashkovSemyon Mikhailovich Furin | Semyon Mikhailovich Furin |
 Elizaveta BoyarskayaFrancoise | Francoise |
 Mikhail EliseevPeter Versilov | Peter Versilov |
| VViktoriya YevtyukhinaOlga | Olga |
 Vladimir KoshevoyEtienne Faberge | Etienne Faberge |
 Larisa LuppianIrina Vladimirovna | Irina Vladimirovna |
 Andrey Noskovcameraman / Vsevolod Ivanov | cameraman / Vsevolod Ivanov |
 Oleg AlmazovYura | Yura |
 Yevgeniya IgumnovaTanya / Larisa Reisner | Tanya / Larisa Reisner |
 Yan TsapnikStepan Petrovich | Stepan Petrovich |
 Tatyana RyabokonSveta | Sveta |
 Aleksandr OrlovskiyViktor | Viktor |
 Leonid Alimovproducer | producer |
 Viktor KhozyainovKlyuev | Klyuev |
 Leonid Maksimovfilm director | film director |
 Aleksandr BezrukovPyast | Pyast |
 Vitaliy KovalenkoNikolay Gumilyov | Nikolay Gumilyov |
 Andrey KraskoNot listed | Not listed |
 Lana PaouliVika | Vika |
| IInna SlobodskayaNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandr Rogozhkin(voice) | (voice) |