Nikita Mikhalkov Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer Oleg Menshikov Mitya Arsentyev Actor Sergey Garmash Priest Alexander Actor Evgeniy Mironov Penal battalion commander Actor Nadezhda Mikhalkova Nadya Kotova Actor Dmitriy Dyuzhev Ivan Actor Sergey Makovetskiy SMERSH officer Actor Andrey Merzlikin Nikolai Actor Rustam Ibragimbekov Screenwriter Vladimir Moiseyenko Screenwriter Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov Screenwriter Eduard Artemev Original Music Vladislav Opelyants Cinematographer