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)
Arseny Tarkovsky
Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)
Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
Old Mother
Yuri Sventikov
Asafiev - War Orphan
Rosemary's Baby
Silent Running
Sleepers
JFK
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Music Room
Moulin Rouge!
Antonia's Line
The Best Years of Our Lives
Andrei Rublev
The World of Apu
Aparajito
City Lights
Mother India
Enemy at the Gates
Saving Private Ryan
Finding Neverland
Harbin
Poslední etapa
Tale of the Woods
Born on the Fourth of July
The Railway Man
Come and See
Paradise
Putin
Testament of Youth
Man Down
Kalashnikov AK-47
Escape from Sobibor
Play Dirty
Tsar
Beanpole
The Last Full Measure
Ginger & Rosa
The Secrets We Keep
The Pilot: A Battle for Survival
Mr. Jones
The Last Emperor
Platoon
Howl