During Russia’s Time of Troubles, a young boyar faces a difficult moral choice: betray his oath or betray his people.
Roles and performers:
author — Alexander Ponomaryov;
Yury Miloslavsky — Konstantin Dneprovsky;
Alexey Burnash — Ilya Ilyin;
Kirsha — Ilya Isaev;
Anastasia — Darya Semyonova;
holy fool Mitya — Alexander Bordukov;
Minin — Sergey Kolesnikov;
Avraamy Palitsyn — Anatoly Kuznetsov;
Merchant — Andrey Yaroslavtsev;
Arkhip — Mark Geykhman;
Grigoryevna / Galina Morachyova;
Fedka-Homyak / Lesuta-Khrapunov — Sergey Kutasov;
Old peasant / Boyar Kruchina-Shalomsky — Yury Luchenko;
Vlasevna — Tatyana Nadezhdina;
Clerk / Zamyatnya-Opalev — Dmitry Pisarenko;
Foma — Vyacheslav Mishchenko;
Terentich / Zemsky — Oleg Zima;
Mistress / Tatyana — Elena Kazarinova;
Anyuta — Maria Nefedova;
Rotmistr / Omlyash — Nikolay Trefilov;
Boyar Kruchina-Shalonsky — Yury Luchenko;
Boyar Istoma-Turenin — Vasily Bochkaryov;
Prince Cherkassky — Yulyen Balmusov;
Father Yeremey — Valery Barinov;
Owner of the hut / Zverev — Alexander Pozharov;
Priest’s wife — Nina Akimova;
Maidservant — Irina Avtukh;
Streltsy soldier — Alexander Pakhomov;
Pan Kapychinsky — Alexander Kovrizhnykh;
Acquaintance / Pan Tyshkevich — Alexander Doronin;
The following actors also took part in episodes: Vyacheslav Sholokhov, Stefan Andrusenko, Stepan Morozov.
Script author and stage director — Alexander Ponomaryov;
Sound director — Andrey Konovalov;
Composer — Stefan Andrusenko;
Editor - Natalia Sholokhova.