"A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life."
Margarita Terekhova
as Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
as Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Larisa Tarkovskaya
as Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei
Alla Demidova
as Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
as Forensic Doctor
Nikolay Grinko
as Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
as Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
as Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
as The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
as Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Yuri Sventikov
as Asafiev - War Orphan
Tatyana Reshetnikova
as Proofreader in Printing House
Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
as Old Mother
Olga Kizilova
as Redheaded Girl
Ernesto del Bosque
as Spanish Refugee
Luis Correcher
Ángel Gutiérrez
Dionisio García Zapico
Tomas Pamies
Teresa Del Bosque
as Spanish Refugee Twin
Tatiana Del Bosque
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Arseny Tarkovsky
as Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)
Lyudmila Feiginova
Editor
Georgi Rerberg
Director of Photography
Erik Waisberg
Producer
Aleksandr Misharin
Writer
Andrei Tarkovsky
Nelli Fomina
Costume Design
Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer
Semyon Litvinov
Sound
Anatoliy Nikolayev
Camera Operator
Igor Shtanko
Assistant Director
Nikolay Dvigubskiy
Production Design
Yuriy Kushneryov
Production Manager
Ventzislav Ivanov
Assistant Camera
A. Merkulov
Construction Foreman
Vera Rudina
Makeup Artist
Poem
Valeriy Kharchenko
Mariya Chugunova
Director
Author