Overview

In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but social life and art. While others just want to wash away their gloom, he reflects on the everyday sorrows and the role of art in that time of changes.

Top Cast

Oleg Tabakov

Iskremas / Cuckoo

Elena Proklova

Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Oleg Efremov

Painter

Evgeni Leonov

Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov

Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov

Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev

Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova

White actress

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

shooter

Aleksandr Filippenko

Second 'cuckoo' player

Pavel Vinnik

husband in silent film

Lyubov Sokolova

Painter's wife