The film tells about the fate of the brilliant Russian poet Alexei Koltsov, who so romantically sang the nature of Rus', the incomparable beauty of Russian women, the incomprehensible mystery of the Russian soul.
                                    Aleksandr Vershinin
Aleksei Koltsov
                                    Viktor Pavlov
Oleg Koltsov
                                    Lyudmila Zaytseva
Mother Koltsova
                                    Natalya Antonova
Vera Lebedeva
                                    Maria Glazkova
Dukana
                                    Lev Durov
                                    Lyubov Sokolova
                                    Igor Kashintsev
                                    Anatoli Vasilyev
                                    Rimma Markova
Aunt Lena
                                    Grigori Dunayev
Karayev
                                    Aristarkh Livanov
Gubernator
                                    Lyudmila Kravtsova
Supruga gubernatora
                                    Aleksandr Goloborodko
Imperator Nikolai I
                                    Yuriy Nazarov
                                    Raisa Ryazanova
                                    Aleksandr Pashutin
Lebedev
                                    Rudolf Rudin
Grabovsky
                                    Yuriy Shlykov
Vazov
                                    Tatyana Govorova
Mat Dukana
                                    Vladimir Troshin
                                    Oleg Khabalov
                                    Ksenya Khairova
Anna
                                    Aleksandr Pyatkov
Semenov
                                    Viktor Lazarev
                                    Artur Smolyaninov
                                    Mikhail Remizov
                                    Elena Kramer