A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Nadezha
Alla Demidova
Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Forensic Doctor
Mykola Hrynko
Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Proofreader in Printing House
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
The Night of the Hunter
Midnight Cowboy
Nashville
Badlands
Mildred Pierce
Death Watch
In the Name of the Motherland
In the Heights
Ivan's Childhood
Andrei Rublev
Nostalgia
Solaris
Stalker
Pickle
Ted K
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Sacrifice
Satantango
Au Hasard Balthazar
Taste of Cherry