The fate of the novel’s protagonist, Kalinovich—the collapse of his “uprooting” deeds, the futility of his cruel struggle against deeply entrenched evil—bribery, extortion, injustice—and finally his personal tragedy, all this is instructive in its own way for us as well. The destinies of the novel’s other characters are also deeply moving in human terms: the truly loving and selflessly devoted Nastenka, the kind Pyotr Mikhailych Godnev, the unhappy Polina...
Cast and performers:
Kalinovich — Dmitry Brusnikin
Godnev — Nikolai Pastukhov
Belavin — Yuri Yakovlev
Nastya — Irina Pechernikova
Prince — Valery Barinov
Princess — Tatyana Matyukova
Governor’s wife — Natalya Potapova
Governor — Dmitry Nazarov
Zykov — Boris Plotnikov
Zykov’s wife — Galina Borisova
Polina — Elena Ivchenko
Captain — Vladimir Kashpur
Postmaster — Boris Levinson
Yazvin — Alexander Fatyushin
Ivolgin — Dmitry Pavlenko
General — Yefim Baykovsky
General’s wife — Lyudmila Shaposhnikova
Chetverikov — Gennady Sayfulin
Ball master of ceremonies — Artem Karapetyan
Baroness — Irina Kartasheva
Mediokritsky — Alexander Solovyov
the Godnevs’ housekeeper — Antonina Dmitrieva
in episodes — actors of Moscow theaters.