Oleg Tabakov as Iskremas / Cuckoo

Elena Proklova as Krysya / Jeanne d'Arc

Oleg Efremov as Painter

Evgeni Leonov as Cinematographer

Leonid Kuravlyov as Red comissar

Leonid Dyachkov as Ohrim, green agent

Marlen Khutsiyev as Third 'cuckoo' player (prince)

Nonna Mordyukova as White actress

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov as shooter

Aleksandr Filippenko as Second 'cuckoo' player

Pavel Vinnik as husband in silent film

Lyubov Sokolova as Painter's wife

Vladimir Naumov as staff captain

Konstantin Voynov as white officer

Mikaela Drozdovskaya as staff captain's wife

Anatoly Yeliseyev as Vakhromeev

Lev Polyakov as lover in silent film

Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya as tall dancer

Irina Murzayeva as female pianist

Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky as

Rogvold Sukhoverko as bandit (uncredited)

Aleksandr Milyutin as guard

Evgeny Mitta as spectator (uncredited)