A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Nadezha
Alla Demidova
Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Forensic Doctor
Mykola Hrynko
Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Proofreader in Printing House
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Born on the Fourth of July
The Death of Stalin
Ballad of a Soldier
Paradise
Come and See
Combat Shock
Doctor Zhivago
The Railway Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Reds
Einstein and the Bomb
The Way We Were
Lost in Translation
Ivan's Childhood
Private Peaceful
Charlotte Gray
Tsar
Civil War
Siberiade
Kalashnikov AK-47