Shine, Shine, My Star
Directed by Aleksandr Mitta
Plot
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.
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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
Vladimir Naumov
staff captain
Konstantin Voinov
white officer
Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife