Shine, Shine, My Star
06/06/1969
2h



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.
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
Anatoly Yeliseyev
Vakhromeev


Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film
Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya
tall dancer


Irina Murzayeva
female pianist


Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky


Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)


Aleksandr Milyutin
guard


Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)
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