It was a time with a rise of artistic life in the former capital of Russia. But the rise ended quickly and tragically with arrests and executions. Modern St. Petersburg and Petrograd of 1921 strangely and intricately intertwine in the mind of the director. The cruel, bloody, but romantic world of the first years of the Revolution converge with the artistic and domestic life of contemporary filmmaking on the same ground, on the same streets and squares.

Leonid Gromovas Andrey Pavlovich Kalistratov
Andrei Tashkovas Semyon Mikhailovich Furin
Elizaveta Boyarskayaas Francoise
Mikhail Eliseevas Peter Versilov
Vladimir Koshevoyas Etienne Faberge
Larisa Luppianas Irina Vladimirovna
Andrey Noskovas cameraman / Vsevolod Ivanov
Oleg Almazovas Yura
Yevgeniya Igumnovaas Tanya / Larisa Reisner