Cast
Self / (archival footage)
Themselves - Orchestra "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9"
Interviewee / Pianist "Rayok" / Self - Conductor "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9" and "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" / Self, conductor
Boris - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" / Self - Baritone "Rayok"
Katerina - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District"
Self - Shostakovich' Secretary
Themselves - Orchestra (Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District")
Self - Secretary of the Composer's Union
