

Shine, Shine, My Star
1969 · 94 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
- Director
- Aleksandr Mitta
- Writers
- Valeri Frid, Yuli Dunsky, Aleksandr Mitta
- Released
- June 6, 1969
- Language
- Russian
Cast

Oleg Tabakov
Iskremas

Elena Proklova
Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Oleg Efremov
Painter

Evgeni Leonov
Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov
Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov
Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev
Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova
madame

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
shooter

Aleksandr Filippenko
Second 'cuckoo' player

Pavel Vinnik
husband in silent film

Lyubov Sokolova
Painter's wife
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