Set in the Soviet Union the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Elena Popova Yuri Belyayev Yelena Solovey Irina Skobtseva Yuri Zvyagintsev Sergey Yakovlev Irina Rozanova Yevgeni Vesnik Yuriy Kuznetsov Nikolay Grinko Arkadi Shalolashvili Andrei Tolubeyev Ilya Ivanov Aleksei Buldakov Tatyana Zhuravleva Aleksandr Slastin Valeri Smolyakov Natalya Sayko Pavel Kornakov Nina Ruslanova Yury Eller
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