The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a Bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.
Владимир Высоцкий
as Michel Voronov / Brodsky
Валерий Золотухин
as Zhenka Ksidias
Ольга Аросева
as Mme. Ksidias
Гелена Ивлиева
as Sanka the Flower Girl
Ефим Копелян
as Filipp
Юлия Бурыгина
as Jeanne Barbier
Сергей Юрский
as Masques (Hearts / Diamonds / Clubs / Spades)
Руфина Нифонтова
as Mme. Tokarchuk
Юрий Катин-Ярцев
as Zolotnitsky
Юрий Толубеев
as Shustman
Юрий Рычков
as Mme. Ksidias' Lover
Владимир Татосов
as Imertsaki