"The plot is based on real events described by Ivan Franko in a series of criminal reports for the newspaper "Kurjer Lwowski" in 1889. The writer used the motives of these events in the story "The Foundations of Society"."
Zinaida Dekhtyaryova
as Countess Olympia Torska
Oleksii Bohdanovych
as Count Adam Torsky
Yuri Krytenko
as Judge Kovnatskyi
Zhan Melnikov
as Nestor Derevatskyi
Oleksiy Horbunov
as Investigative agent Shpang
Nataliia Sumska
as Yevka Podgayna
Valentyn Trotsyuk
as Joseph Gadyna
Elizaveta Slutska
as Gandzia Mikhalytska
Fedir Pazenko
as Vladek Mikhalitskyi
Vasyl Dovzhyk
as Jan Lutso
Boris Romanov
as Kazimir Gnot
Petro Beniuk
as Yan Yaiko
Inna Kapinos
as Olympia in her youth
Vadim Yakovenko
as Nestor in his youth
Vitaliy Polusmak
as Count Torsky
Sergey Mezentsev
as Edward Chapsky
Anna Kondarakis
as Lily
Yosyp Naiduk
as Yurko Demenyuk
Svitlana Krut
as Malanka Demenyuk
Anatoli Pazenko
as Stanislav Kalyasanty
Viktor Saraikin
as Alfons Dzerzhikrai
Oleg Maslennikov
as Tadeusz Rozvadynskyi
Ivan Franko
Novel
Oleh Biima
Author
Eduard Kolesov
Production Design
Viktor Politov
Writer
Director
Les Zotsenko
Director of Photography
Volodymyr Gronsky
Original Music Composer