a production of WETA in association with Varied Directions Intl. ; PBS ; executive producers, Ricki Green & David Hoffman ; producer, Kirk Wolfinger ; directed by David Hoffman ; writer, William Duggan, Jr
a New Yorker Films release ; Nikita Mikhalkov and Michel Seydoux present a film by Nikita Mikhalkov ; production: Studio Trite (Russia) and Camera One (France) with the Centre National de la Cinematographie (France), the Renaissance Fund (Russia) and Canal (France) ; screenplay and direction, Nikita Mikhalkov with the participation of S. Mirochnitchenko