
Boris Chirkov
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Acting

Vasili Merkuryev
Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich
Acting

Mikhail Derzhavin
Gen. Vassili Andreyevich Zhukovsky
Acting

Pyotr Aleynikov
Alexander Pushkin
Acting
![Katya Ivanova]()
Katya Ivanova
Anna Petrovna Kern
Costume & Make-Up

Valentina Serova
Maria Petrovna Ivanova Glinka
Acting
![Klavdiya Polovikova]()
Klavdiya Polovikova
Luisa Karlovna Ivanova
Acting

Nikolai Svobodin
Baron Igor Feodorovich Rozen
Acting
![Aleksander Sobolev]()
Aleksander Sobolev
Glinka as a child
Acting

Lev Snezhnitsky
Ivan Nikolayevich Glinka
Acting
![Elena Kondrateva]()
Elena Kondrateva
Glinka's Mother
Acting

Mikhail Nazvanov
Kostya, the Hussar
Acting

Mikhail Yanshin
Petr Andreyevich Vyazensky
Acting
![Mikhail Mikhailov]()
Mikhail Mikhailov
Osip Afanovich Petrov
Acting

Viktor Koltsov
Vladimir Fedorovich Odoyevsky
Acting

Vladimir Vladislavskiy
Count Mikhail Yurelivich Vielgorsky
Acting
![Elizaveta Antonova]()
Elizaveta Antonova
Avdotya Yakolevna Vorobyeva
Acting
![Lydia Lipskerova]()
Lydia Lipskerova
Katerina Kern, as an adult
Acting

Boris Livanov
Czar Nicholas I
Acting
![Aleksander Shatov]()
Aleksander Shatov
Aleksander Benkendorff
Acting
![K. Rashevskaya]()
K. Rashevskaya
Singer of "Antonida"
Acting

Mark Pertsovskiy
Kavos, the conductor
Acting

Vladimir Druzhnikov
Rileyev
Acting
![Yevgeny Kaluzhsky]()
Yevgeny Kaluzhsky
Angry Old Man at Ball
Acting

Konstantin Bartashevich
Maria Petrovna's lover
Acting

Sergey Kulagin
"Dignitary"
Acting