igor maslennikov did not select actors for the characters written by conandol, he took into the picture to whom his heart responded and adapted the script for them. note that at the leningrad studio, as a rule , moscow actors were filmed, because vasily livanov, vitaly solomin, svetlana kryuchko, although he had already moved, she married veksler, but she came from moscow. rina green. it was money spent on purpose, i don't think it was done to divert attention, it's clear that the main characters were kept, livanov and solomin, irina zelenaya, and brandukov, but as for the rest, it wasn't that simple, for example, for the roles of steppolton. for miracles, they simply re-dubbed it, and what is this little light? it's mary pithouse, the final destination of our journey. it's clear that all this is not entirely serious, it's a little, there is a detached irony in all this business and this strange intonation, light irony, light games in these characters, maslennikov created flawlessly. it must be said that all this time igor maslennikov with his ideas. was not alone, he had excellent supp