"The film tells about the fate of the brilliant Russian poet Alexei Koltsov, who so romantically sang the nature of Rus', the incomparable beauty of Russian women, the incomprehensible mystery of the Russian soul."
Aleksandr Vershinin
as Aleksei Koltsov
Viktor Pavlov
as Oleg Koltsov
Lyudmila Zaytseva
as Mother Koltsova
Natalya Antonova
as Vera Lebedeva
Maria Glazkova
as Dukana
Lev Durov
as
Lyubov Sokolova
Igor Kashintsev
Anatoli Vasilyev
Rimma Markova
as Aunt Lena
Grigori Dunayev
as Karayev
Aristarkh Livanov
as Gubernator
Lyudmila Kravtsova
as Supruga gubernatora
Aleksandr Goloborodko
as Imperator Nikolai I
Klavdiya Spiridonova
as Natalya
Yuriy Nazarov
Raisa Ryazanova
Aleksandr Pashutin
as Lebedev
Rudolf Rudin
as Grabovsky
Yuriy Shlykov
as Vazov
Tatyana Govorova
as Mat Dukana
Vladimir Troshin
Igor Chizhmakov
as Doktor Malmiyev
Yuri Bogomolov
Oleg Khabalov
Oksana Samokhvalova
Ksenya Khairova
as Anna
Yelizaveta Komarova
as Aleksandra
Aleksandr Pyatkov
as Semenov
Viktor Lazarev
Anatoli Abdulayev
Vladimir Bukhtoyarov
Boris Tsukanov
Artur Smolyaninov
Inga Zadorozhnaya
Mikhail Remizov
Tansulpan Babicheva
Elena Kramer
Aleksandr Troshin
as Bakhteyev
Semen Rjabikov
Producer
Edgar Smirnov
Writer
Yuriy Kushneryov
Vladimir Korablinov
Lyubov Filkina
Editor
Vasiliy Panin
Director
Yuri Mikhajlov
Sound Engineer
Leonid Platov
Production Design
Eugen Doga
Music
Mikhail Koroptsov
Director of Photography