
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

Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)

Aleksandr Milyutin
guard

Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)

Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife

Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

Oleg Efremov
Painter

Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova
madame

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter

Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player

Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife

Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas / Cuckoo

Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent

Konstantin Voinov
white officer

Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film

Irina Murzayeva
female pianist