
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

Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife

Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film

Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)

Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player

Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife

Konstantin Voinov
white officer

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar

Nonna Mordyukova
madame

Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film

Aleksandr Milyutin
guard

Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas

Oleg Efremov
Painter

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter

Irina Murzayeva
female pianist

Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)

Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer