
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

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter

Konstantin Voinov
white officer

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife

Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)

Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas

Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer

Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent

Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)

Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Nonna Mordyukova
madame

Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player

Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife

Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film

Irina Murzayeva
female pianist

Aleksandr Milyutin
guard

Oleg Efremov
Painter

Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar