SHINE, SHINE, MY STAR (1969)

Shine, Shine, My Star
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Shine, Shine, My Star
Comedy, Drama, Romance
June 6, 1969
Russian
1h 34m
Soviet Union
Mosfilm

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.

Cast & Characters

Oleg Tabakov

Iskremas / Cuckoo

Elena Proklova

Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Evgeni Leonov

Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov

Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov

Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev

Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova

White actress

Aleksandr Filippenko

Second 'cuckoo' player

Pavel Vinnik

husband in silent film

Lyubov Sokolova

Painter's wife

Vladimir Naumov

staff captain

Konstantin Voinov

white officer

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

staff captain's wife

Lev Polyakov

lover in silent film

Irina Murzayeva

female pianist

Rogvold Sukhoverko

bandit (uncredited)

Evgeny Mitta

spectator (uncredited)

Crew

Boris Chaikovsky

Original Music Composer

Yuri Sokol

Director of Photography