Boris Shchukin as Vladimir Lenin Nikolay Okhlopkov as Vasily, bolshevik and Lenin's bodyguard Vasili Vanin as Matveyev, bolshevik Vladimir Pokrovsky as Felix Dzerzhinsky Nikolai Arsky as Blinov, worker Yelena Shatrova as Anna Mikhailovna Klavdiya Korobova as Natasha, Vasily's wife Nikolai Svobodin as Valerian Rutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary Viktor Ganshin as Zhukov, the Menshevik Vladimir Vladislavsky as Karnaukhov Aleksandr Kovalevsky as Alexander Kerensky Nikolai Sokolov as Mikhail Rodzianko Nikolai Chaplygin as Kirilin Ivan Lagutin as Filimonov Directed by Mikhail Romm Dmitri Vasilyev Written by Aleksei Kapler Starring Boris Shchukin Nikolay Okhlopkov Vasili Vanin Music by Anatoly Alexandrov Production company Mosfilm