A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Margarita Terekhova
as Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
as Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Larisa Tarkovskaya
as Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei
Alla Demidova
as Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
as Forensic Doctor
Nikolay Grinko
as Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
as Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
as Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
as The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
as Aleksei - 5 Years Old
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Watching this again at age 24 with strep throat while the sun came up this morning, when I got to the part where the dog walks out the door and the woman starts picking up peaches or potatoes or whatever, I was literally reborn, etc....