A.N. Ostrovsky recalls the first period of his creative work (1849–1859), when he began collaborating with the Maly Theatre and with masters of the Russian stage such as L.P. Kositskaya, M.S. Shchepkin, and P.M. Sadovsky. Almost every character in this film is a real historical figure.
Boris Yermolayev
Director
Vladimir Lakshin
Writer
Sergey Yermolinsky
Writer

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
А. Н. Островский

Valentina Malyavina
Любовь Павловна Косицкая

Galina Polskikh
Агафья Ивановна

Oleg Yankovskiy
Дмитрий Андреевич Горев

Oleg Anofriev
Шмыга

Boris Ivanov
Михаил Семенович Щепкин

Leonid Kulagin
Пров Михайлович Садовский

German Kachin
Сергей Васильевич Васильев

Larisa Vadko
Софья Павловна Акимова
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Radium Girls65%
Царь60%
Suffragette71%
Oranges and Sunshine69%
Shattered Glass69%
The Current War66%
Richard Jewell74%
Сибириада71%
The Book of Daniel70%
Mansfield Park61%
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend64%
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan61%
Oslo65%
Калашников74%
Belfast70%
Гагарин. Первый в космосе62%
Adventures of a Mathematician61%
Experimenter65%
Panther62%