To ensure that the viewer guessed in the name of Ilfipetrov that Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov were separate, the authors collected an impressive evidence base: live testimonies were obtained in Moscow, Odessa, Yaroslavl, Paris, New York; in the exact repetition of the route of "One-storied America", in miraculously preserved family archives.

Sergey Makovetskiyas Narrator / Ilya Ilf (voice)
Igor Zolotovitskyas Narrator / Evgeniy Petrov (voice)
Leonid Kanevskyas Narrator / From the author (voice)
Polina Agureevaas Narrator / Marusya Ilf (voice)
Yekaterina Fedulovaas Narrator / Valya Kataeva (voice)
Mikhail Efremovas Narrator / Valentin Kataev
Dmitriy Khoronkoas Narrator / Ostap Bender (voice)
Svetlana Kamyninaas Narrator / Mrs. Adams (voice)