Evgeny Tsyganov
as Viktor Khrustalyov
Director: Valery Todorovsky
Writers: Alyona Zvantsova, Valery Todorovsky, Dmitriy Konstantinov
The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.
Evgeny Tsyganov
as Viktor Khrustalyov
Aleksandr Yatsenko
as Egor Myachin
Anna Chipovskaya
as Maryana Pichugina
Viktoriya Isakova
as Inga
Mikhail Efremov
as Fyodor Krivitskiy
Yana Sekste
as Lyusya Polynina
Pavel Derevyanko
as Budnik
Svetlana Kolpakova
as Nadya Krivitskaya
Andrey Smirnov
as Khrustalyov Sr.
Nina Dvorzhetskaya
as Regina Markovna
Evgeniy Volotskiy
as Aleksandr Pichugin
Viktor Horinyak
as Ruslan
Anna Kotova
as Lida
Paulina Andreeva
as Dina
Vladimir Gostyukhin
as Semyon Pronin
Vasiliy Mishchenko
as Tsanin
Larisa Malevannaya
as Zoya Aleksandrovna
Olga Shtyrkova
as Asya
Fyodor Lavrov
as Kostya Pashkin
Nadezhda Markina
as Olga Filippovna
Duta Skhirtladze
as Giya Taridze
Valery Todorovsky
as director
Evgenia Brik
as Larisa
Sofya Kashtanova
as Sophia Loren
Nikita Efremov
as Oleg Efremov
Victor Dobronravov
as Pyotr
Natalia Ushakova