The drama of a former noblewoman who became the wife of an NKVD officer in the 1930s, and the almost anecdotal story of how a spirited stallion was prepared for Marshal Budyonny's parade and, in the end, a reliable mare was "slipped in" instead. The realities of life at the top of the State Security Service are shown, their ordinary and "sweet" life with its joys, intrigues, betrayals, and tragedies. Russia is like a whirlpool that sucks in and destroys.
Cast
Ute Lemper
Anna
Aleksandr Feklistov
Sasha
Aleksey Kortnev
Unknown
Evgeniy Sidikhin
Unknown
Natalya Kolyakanova
Unknown
Dmitriy Dykhovichnyy
Unknown
Sergey Makovetskiy
Unknown
Vladimir Simonov
Unknown
Pyotr Zaychenko
Unknown
Aleksandr Baluev
Unknown
Igor Ugolnikov
Unknown
Andrey Nikolaev
Unknown
Andrey Lukyanov
Unknown
Pavel Lyubimtsev
Unknown
Vladimir Rovinskiy
Unknown
Igor Zolotovitsky
Unknown
Sergey Chekryzhov
Unknown
Larisa Vikkel
Unknown
Anatoliy Koshcheev
Unknown
Viktor Lazarev
Unknown
Aleksey Vanin
Unknown
Viktor Makhmutov
Unknown
Vyacheslav Voronin
Unknown
Vasiliy Kornukov
Unknown
Ivan Vlasov
Unknown
Ekaterina Ryzhikova
Unknown
Crew
Ivan Dykhovichnyy
Director, Author
Nadezhda Kozhushanaya
Author
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Vladimir Gorshkov
Additional Director of Photography
Aleksandr Mikhalychev
Additional Director of Photography
Yusup Daniyalov
Assistant Director
Claude Rosius
Executive Producer
Pierre Rival
Producer
Aleksandr Shkodo
Producer
Vladimir Aronin
Production Design
Yuri Butsko
Original Music Composer
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