A young man arrives in a village to visit his uncle, a retired colonel, and finds the local community "enslaved" by a man who, according to him, "will remain in history." The situation develops into a tragicomedy and takes on elements of phantasmagoria.

Sergei Yursky
as Фома Опискин

Evgeniy Steblov
as Егор Ильич Ростанев

Valeriy Storozhik
as Сергей Александрович

Irina Kartashyova
as Генеральша

Yevgeniya Kryukova
as Настенька

Tatiana Rodionova
as Сашенька

Dmitriy Beroyev
as Илюша

Elvira Brunovskaya
as Прасковья Ильинична

Margarita Shubina
as Татьяна Ивановна

Larisa Naumkina
as Перепелицына