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 Sword of Doom
Sucha Soorma
Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam
State Funeral
Dita Saxová
Dirty Dancing
The Derby Stallion
The Way Back
Six Minutes to Midnight
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
The Life of Chuck
Howl
Devotion
Peaches & Cream
The African Queen
Once More Unto the Breach
Loving Vincent
Trumbo
The War Game
Chernobyl: Abyss