
In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. 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.

as Iskremas / Cuckoo

as Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

as Painter

as Cinematographer

as Red comissar

as Ohrim, green agent

as Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

as White actress

as shooter

as Second 'cuckoo' player

as husband in silent film

as Painter's wife

as staff captain

as white officer

as staff captain's wife

as Vakhromeev

as lover in silent film

as tall dancer

as female pianist


as bandit (uncredited)

as guard

as spectator (uncredited)