co-production of Proline-Film and Rezo Productions with the support of Russian Federal Culture and Film Agency and the Centre national de la Cinématographie (France) ; producer, Andrei Sigle ; director and screenwriter, Alexander Sokurova
Ruscico ; Kinostudii︠a︡ imeni M. Gor'kogo ; st︠s︡enarii︠a︡ i postanovka, Aleksandra Askolʹdova = The Commissar / Ruscico ; M. Gorky Film Studio ; written and directed by Alexander Askoldov
Janus Films ; Mosfilm Studios ; scenario, Pyotr Pavlenko, Sergei Eisenstein ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Dimitri Vasiliev ; director of photography, Eduard Tissé