Shine, Shine, My Star

Shine, Shine, My Star

94 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 6, 1969

This late 60s Russian films is set in 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution. Folks had the choice between red and white, revolution and contra revolution. 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.

Shine, Shine, My Star

94 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 6, 1969

Shine, Shine, My Star
This late 60s Russian films is set in 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution. Folks had the choice between red and white, revolution and contra revolution. 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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Гори, гори, моя звезда
Directors Aleksandr Mitta
Writers Valeri Frid, Yuli Dunsky, Aleksandr Mitta

Cast

Oleg Tabakov

as Iskremas / Cuckoo

Elena Proklova

as Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Oleg Efremov

as Painter

Evgeni Leonov

as Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov

as Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov

as Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev

as Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova

as White actress

Aleksandr Filippenko

as Second 'cuckoo' player

Pavel Vinnik

as husband in silent film

Lyubov Sokolova

as Painter's wife

Vladimir Naumov

as staff captain

Konstantin Voynov

as white officer

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

as staff captain's wife

Anatoly Yeliseyev

as Vakhromeev

Lev Polyakov

as lover in silent film

Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya

as tall dancer

Irina Murzayeva

as female pianist

Rogvold Sukhoverko

as bandit (uncredited)

Evgeny Mitta

as spectator (uncredited)