

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual.

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Shatov

Isabelle Huppert
Maria Shatov

Omar Sharif
Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky

Lambert Wilson
Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin

Bernard Blier
Governor

Bożena Dykiel
Virginska

Jutta Lampe
Maria Lebjadkin

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Lisa

Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Peter Verchovenskij

Laurent Malet
Kirillov
Philippe Chambon
Chigalev

Jean-Quentin Châtelain
Virguinski

Rémi Martin
Erkel
Serge Spira
Fedka

Wladimir Yordanoff
Lebjadkin

Zbigniew Zamachowski
Liamchine

Piotr Machalica
Maurice

Bogusz Bilewski
Police Chief

Stanisław Górka
Activist

Ryszard Jabłoński
Worker
Andrzej Wajda
Jean-Claude Carrière, Agnieszka Holland, Edward Żebrowski, Andrzej Wajda
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