The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But nothing is straightforward and simple. From Russia "the run" continues to Constantinople, to Paris, back to Russia. Some of them have understood that they can't live outside Russia and go back maybe to be happy, maybe not, some go back to face sure death for their crimes, some don't go back and know that are going to miss homeland forever, some are comfortably well off (are they?) in exile. Sentimental without syrup, tragic and comical at the same time.
Алексей Баталов
as Sergei Pavlovich Golubkov
Людмила Савельева
as Serafima Vladimirovna Korzukhina
Владислав Дворжецкий
as General Khludov
Михаил Ульянов
as General Charnota
Олег Ефремов
as Colonel
Евгений Евстигнеев
as Korzukhin
Николай Олялин
as Krapilin
Владимир Басов
as Artur Arturovich, the Cockroach Tsar
Бруно Фрейндлих
as General Vrangel
Владимир Заманский
as Baev
Владимир Осенев
as Tikhiy
Готлиб Ронинсон
as Voluptuous Greek
