"This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their 'dons' (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. Corruption, cynical rhetoric, deaths of innocent people."
Anna Samokhina
as Rita
Valentin Gaft
as Artur
Vladimir Steklov
as Volodya
Boris Shcherbakov
as Andrei
Arnis Licitis
as Militia lieutenant
Zinoviy Gerdt
as Lawyer
Amayak Akopyan
as Kukolnik
Nurbey Kamkiya
as Rita's father
Gia Lejava
as Ramzes
Stanislav Korenev
as prosecutor
Konstantin Kishchuk
as Garik
Sergei Maksachyov
as stalker
Sergey Silkin
as Artur's driver
Yuriy Kara
Writer
Director
Fazil Iskander
Story
Alla Myakotina
Editor
Vadim Semyonovykh
Director of Photography
Olga Dobrova-Kulikova
Assistant Director
Valeriy Volskiy
Sound Director
Irina Radchuk
Makeup Artist
Valentina Olonovskaya
Costume Design
Oleg Lagodinskiy
Additional Director of Photography
Ivan Proskurin
Stunt Coordinator