
Shine, Shine, My Star
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

Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent

Nonna Mordyukova
madame

Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player

Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film

Irina Murzayeva
female pianist

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife

Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)

Oleg Efremov
Painter

Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar

Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife

Konstantin Voinov
white officer

Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter

Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film

Aleksandr Milyutin
guard

Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas / Cuckoo