
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression, with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...
Cast

Oleg Menshikov
Dmitry

Nikita Mikhalkov
Sergey

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Marusya

Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Nadya

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vsevolod Konstantinovich

Svetlana Kryuchkova
Mokhova

Vladimir Ilin
Kirik

Alla Kazanskaya
Lidia Stepanovna

Nina Arkhipova
Elena Mikhailovna

Avangard Leontyev
chauffeur

André Oumansky
Filipp

Inna Ulyanova
Olga Nikolaevna

Lyubov Rudneva
Lyuba
Vladimir Ryabov
NKVD officer
Vladimir Belousov
NKVD employee
Aleksey Pokatilov
2nd NKVD officer

Evgeny Mironov
lieutenant
Tamara Akopova
episode
Natela Abuladze
episode
Ion Aksenti
episode

Marat Basharov
episode
G. Barinov
episode
I. Buzikina
episode
Valeriy Denisov
episode

Georgiy Dronov
episode
Anatoly Ermilov
episode
V. Posmetukhov
episode
L. Runova
episode
Zinaida Sidorkova
episode
V. Tyuremnov
episode
Oleg Feoktistov
episode
L. Chebylkin
episode
Tinatin Lapshia
episode (uncredited)
Crew

Nikita Mikhalkov
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Dialogue, Idea

Rustam Ibragimbekov
Screenplay, Dialogue
Enzo Meniconi
Editor
Marina Lifantseva
Assistant Editor
Ekaterina Azovskova
Assistant Editor

Vilen Kalyuta
Director of Photography
Bozhena Maslennikova
Colorist
Vladimir Krasinsky
First Assistant Director
Tasya Tsvetnova
Assistant Director
Aleksey Pokatilov
Assistant Director
Zinaida Sidorkova
Assistant Director
Elena Dezhurova
Assistant Director

Leonid Vereshchagin
Executive Producer, Production Executive

Michel Seydoux
Producer
Nicole Canne
Co-Producer

Jean-Louis Piel
Co-Producer
Vladimir Sedov
Co-Producer

Aleksandr Samulekin
Production Design

Vladimir Aronin
Production Design
Vladimir Bespalchiy
Assistant Camera
Victor Lysak
First Assistant Camera
Pavlo Nebera
First Assistant Camera
Eduard Gimpel
First Assistant Camera
Tamara Odintsova
Casting Director
Elena Velyaminova
Assistant Costume Designer
Lyubov Gavrilina
Assistant Costume Designer
Natalya Ivanova
Costume Design
Tinatin Lapshia
Costumer
Tatyana Kostromicheva
Costumer
Irina Simonova
Costumer
Yuri Shagov
Pyrotechnician
Larisa Avdyushko
Makeup & Hair
Marina Nozdrina
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Marina Nigmatulina
Sound Editor
Jean Umansky
Sound Editor, Sound
André Rigaut
Sound Editor, Sound
Vincent Arnardi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Thierry Lebon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Irina Kislova
Foley
Alla Meychik
Foley
Natalia Chashchina
Foley
Sergey Komarov
Lighting Technician
Vladimir Tumanov
Lighting Technician
Aleksandr Fomichev
Lighting Technician
Oleg Belsky
Lighting Technician
Sergey Shebeko
Lighting Artist
Kent Houston
Visual Effects
Martin Body
Visual Effects

Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer

Minna Blank
Music Editor
Maria Ertanova
Set Decoration
Boris Antipov
Set Decoration
Nikola Gnisyuk
Still Photographer
Lidia Grishina
Still Photographer

Vladimir Kirsanov
Choreographer
Gennady Aleksandrov
Assistant Production Design

Iskra Trajkova
Title Designer
Evgeny Orlov
Title Designer

Sergei Skripka
Conductor
Valentina Lobkova
First Assistant Editor



















