Sofiko Chiaureli ... Poet as a Youth / Poet's Love / Poet's Muse / Mime / Angel of Resurrection
Melkon Alekyan Melkon Alekyan ... Poet as a child (as M. Alekyan)
Vilen Galstyan Vilen Galstyan ... Poet in the cloister
Gogi Gegechkori Gogi Gegechkori ... Poet as an old man (as Giorgi Gegechkori)
Spartak Bagashvili Spartak Bagashvili ... Poet's father
Medea Japaridze Medea Japaridze ... Poet's mother
Hovhannes Minasyan Hovhannes Minasyan ... Prince
Onik Minasyan Onik Minasyan ... Prince
Leyla Bədirbəyli
Tubu
Anatoli Dmitrijewitsch Smiranin
Rogov
Wladimir Wjatscheslawowitsch Belokurow
Bestujev
Kazım Ziya
Sheikh Ali
Hamo Beknasarjan
Mohsun Sanani
Hüseynqulu Sarabski
Ashig Sattar, Asiq Sattar
İsmayıl Əfəndiyev
Rza
Igor Ilyinsky as Paul Cuisinai
Vladimir Fogel as Pierre Cuisinai
Galina Kravchenko as Blanche
Ada Vojtsik as Maria Ivanova
Vladimir Chuvelyov
Aleksandr Gromov
Sergey Komarov
Pavel Poltoratskiy
Mikheil Chiaureli as Arsena
Ivane Perestiani as Vorontsov-Dashkov
Alisa Kikodze as Nino
Nino Dolidze as Sister of Arsena
Elisabed Cherqezishvili as Mother of Arsena
N. Yachmenev as General Griaznov
Ivan Kruchinin as Timofeev
N. Okudjava as Little girl
Aleksandre Imedashvili as Labourer-revolutionary
Kote Mikaberidze as Labourer-revolutionary
M. Dievsky as Chief of Police
Valerian Gunia as General
Vaso Abashidze as General
Giorgi Ketiladze as Labourer
D. Pogromski as Secret police agent
Giorgi Davitashvili
Directed by Giorgi Shengelaya
Written by
Giorgi Shengelaia
Anzor Salukvadze
Starring
Sofiko Chiaureli
Vakhtang Kikabidze
Ia Ninidze
Maia Kankava
Dodo Abashidze
Cinematography Aleksandre Mgebrishvili
Music by Giorgi Tsabadz
Giacomo Puccini
Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Sergej Larin and Lando Bartolini as Calàf; and Barbara Frittoli, Angela-Maria Blasi and Barbara Hendricks as Liù, with Zubin Mehta
F.M. Einheit as F.M.
Bill Rice as Jaeger
Christiane F. as Christiana
Berthold Bell as H-Burger trainer (as Britzhold Baron De Belle)
Matthias Fuchs as H-Burger manager
William S. Burroughs as Old Man
Genesis P-Orridge as High Priest
Ralf Richter
