OPIS
The story of Udo Jürgens, one of the most popular musicians (singer and pianist) of German speaking Europe, beginning with the story of his grandfather being inspired to emigrate to Russia when he hears a street musician play the Russian folk song Kalinka on a bassoon. The film follows the fate of three generations of the singer's family.
- Udo JürgensSelf
- Christian BerkelHeinrich Bockelmann
- David RottUdo Jürgens
- Ulrich NoethenRudi Bockelmann
- Valerie NiehausGitta
- Melika ForoutanAnna Bockelmann
- Herbert KnaupErwin Bockelmann
- Fanny StavjanikKäthe Bockelmann
- Alexander KalodikisUdo Jürgens - as a Child
- Lenn KudrjawizkiAljoscha Kasajev / Sergej Kasajev
- Otto TausigAljoscha Kasajev
- Andreas LustBaron von Thalen
- Joel EisenblätterRudi Bockelmann - as a Child
- Patrick JahnsKlaus
- Mark ZakKropotkin
- Yevgeni SitokhinChef der Bahnhofspolizei
- Mirko LangRobert Vogel
- Alexander LutzWerner Vogel
- Henning StollMann mit dem Fagott - as a Young Man
- Paul FaßnachtToningenieur
- Gunther GillianTourmanager Alex
- Lisa BrühlmannNastasja
- Maxim KovalevskiChauffeur Wasja
- Nicole BeutlerBaronin von Thalen
- Fritz HammelHans Beierlein