

196 minutes
1/14/1971
The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But nothing is straightforward and simple. From Russia "the run" continues to Constantinople, to Paris, back to Russia. Some of them have understood that they can't live outside Russia and go back maybe to be happy, maybe not, some go back to face sure death for their crimes, some don't go back and know that are going to miss homeland forever, some are comfortably well off (are they?) in exile. Sentimental without syrup, tragic and comical at the same time.

Aleksey Batalov
as Сергей Павлович Голубков, приват-доцент Петроградского университета

Ludmila Savelyeva
as Серафима Владимировна Корзухина, жена Товарища министра торговли

Mikhail Ulyanov
as Григорий Лукьянович Чарнота, генерал

Tatyana Tkach
as Люська Корсакова

Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
as Роман Валерьянович Хлудов, генерал

Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Парамон Ильич Корзухин

Roman Khomyatov
as Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе, красный командарм

Vladimir Zamanskiy
as Баев, командир красного полка

Nikolay Olyalin
as Крапилин, солдат-вестовой

Bruno Frejndlikh
as барон Пётр Николаевич Врангель, главнокомандующий

Vladimir Osenev
as Тихий

Aleksandr Yanvaryov
as Голован, адъютант Хлудова, есаул

Vladimir Basov
as Артур Артурович ("Тараканий царь")

Tamara Loginova
as Марья Константиновна "Личико"

Oleg Efremov
as полковник

Gotlib Roninson
as грек-сладострастник

Viktor Mizin
as командир в штабе Фрунзе

Stanislav Khitrov
as Антуан (Антон), слуга Корзухина

Aleksandr Titov
as начальник станции
Алексей Наумов
as Петька Щеглов

Pavel Shpringfeld
as Скунский, белый контрразведчик

Nikolai Sergeyev
as гробовщик

Natalya Varley
as девочка с козой

Pavel Vinnik
as белый контрразведчик

Konstantin Voinov
as генерал Крапчиков

Nikolay Gorlov
as Африкан. архиепископ

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
as модистка

Valeriy Zolotukhin
as певец
Alfred Zinovyev
as Паисий

Nikolay Kutuzov
as игумен Кирилловского монастыря под Бериславом
Валентина Мальянова
as танцовщица

Dmitriy Orlovskiy
as телеграфист

Yuriy Potyomkin
as мужик из похоронной команды

Sergei Torkachevsky
as кадет
В. Шикалова
as танцовщица

Nikolai Yudin
as монах

Anatoli Yabbarov
as солдат с гробами
Naum Korzhavin
as шпрехшталмейстер стамбульского цирка

Valentina Tezhik
as дама на тараканьих бегах

Georgi Svetlani
as профессор с контрабасом

Mikhail Gluzskiy
as капитан
Elizaveta Alekseeva
as дама
Aleksei Naumov
as Петька Щеглов

Boris Feodosyev
as Cockroach races player

Vladimir Protasenko
as комбриг