Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
Comedy
Drama
Romance
This late 60s Russian films is set in 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution. Folks had the choice between red and white, revolution and contra revolution. 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.
Cast
Iskremas / Cuckoo
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc
husband in silent film
Painter's wife
staff captain
white officer
staff captain's wife
Vakhromeev
lover in silent film
tall dancer
female pianist
Painter
bandit (uncredited)
guard
spectator (uncredited)
Cinematographer
Red comissar
Ohrim, green agent
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)
White actress
shooter
Second 'cuckoo' player
Crew
Director
Writer
Writer
Writer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Design
Costume Design
Editor