
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

Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas

Oleg Efremov
Painter

Nonna Mordyukova
madame

Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife

Irina Murzayeva
female pianist

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter

Konstantin Voinov
white officer

Lev Polyakov
lover in silent film

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

Rogvold Sukhoverko
bandit (uncredited)

Aleksandr Milyutin
guard

Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player

Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film

Mikaela Drozdovskaya
staff captain's wife

Evgeny Mitta
spectator (uncredited)