

94 minutes
6/6/1969
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.

Oleg Tabakov
as Iskremas / Cuckoo

Elena Proklova
as Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Oleg Efremov
as Painter

Evgeni Leonov
as Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov
as Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov
as Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev
as Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova
as White actress

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
as shooter

Aleksandr Filippenko
as Second 'cuckoo' player

Pavel Vinnik
as husband in silent film

Lyubov Sokolova
as Painter's wife

Vladimir Naumov
as staff captain

Konstantin Voinov
as white officer

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
as staff captain's wife
Anatoly Yeliseyev
as Vakhromeev

Lev Polyakov
as lover in silent film
Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya
as tall dancer

Irina Murzayeva
as female pianist

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

Rogvold Sukhoverko
as bandit (uncredited)

Aleksandr Milyutin
as guard

Evgeny Mitta
as spectator (uncredited)