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
Les Films du Rivage, La Sept Cinéma, Paris; Studio Adam et Eve, Tbilissi; et allemande Studio Babelsberg, Berlin; Russie, Sotra, Sergueï Melnik; Ukraine, Innova, A. Rodnyansky; Belgique, C.M.C