 | Alexey Trifonov als Chief of the General Department (1952–1960); Head of the Institute (1960–1966) |
 | Ekaterina Yuspina als Librarian (1942-1947); Head of the library (1951-1953) |
| Tatiana Polozhy als Journalist; Literary editor of Izvestiya Instituta (The Institute News) |
| Alexander Efimov als Junior research scientist in the mathematical physics laboratory |
 | Teodor Currentzis als Dau |
 | Radmila Shegoleva als Nora |
| Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Screenplay |
| Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Director |
| Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Jekaterina Oertel | Director |
| Denis Shibanov | Production Design |
| Sergey Adonyev | Producer |
| Jekaterina Oertel | Screenplay |
| Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Producer |
| Jekaterina Oertel | Makeup & Hair |
| Maya Maffioli | Editor |
