Shine, Shine, My Star
1969This late 60s Russian films is set in 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution. Folks had the choice between red and white, revolution and contra revolution. 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.
Acted in
Oleg Tabakov
as Iskremas / Cuckoo
Elena Proklova
as Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc
Oleg Efremov
as Painter
Evgeni Leonov
as Cinematographer
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Red comissar
Leonid Dyachkov
as Ohrim, green agent
Marlen Khutsiyev
as Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)
Nonna Mordyukova
as White actress
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
as shooter
Aleksandr Filippenko
as Second 'cuckoo' player
Pavel Vinnik
as husband in silent film
Lyubov Sokolova
as Painter's wife
Vladimir Naumov
as staff captain
Konstantin Voynov
as white officer
Mikaela Drozdovskaya
as staff captain's wife
Anatoly Yeliseyev
as Vakhromeev
Lev Polyakov
as lover in silent film
Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya
as tall dancer
Irina Murzayeva
as female pianist
Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky
Rogvold Sukhoverko
as bandit (uncredited)
Aleksandr Milyutin
as guard
Evgeny Mitta
as spectator (uncredited)
