Mister Designer

An ambitious artist-designer in 1908 St. Petersburg who pursues a godlike contest with mortality. He pours his soul into wax mannequins, seeking a perfect, eternal image of man. As his career falters, his addiction to morphine deepens, and reality starts to fracture around him.

A wealthy businessman who hires Platon to decorate his mansion, offering wealth and status as incentives. The relationship exposes class tensions and the lure of refinement. His absence after death becomes a pivot around which the story shifts to his widow and the artist.

A young woman dying of consumption who becomes the model for Platon's mannequin. She flees the studio after being approached, and her fate—entangled with the Maria identity—drives the central mystery about living sculpture and memory.

The driver of Grilyo's gray car, a quiet presence who moves between spaces of wealth and danger. He serves as a catalyst that carries Platon through key locations and moments of tension.

The jeweler who commissions Platon to decorate his shop, providing the practical context for Platon’s craft and a gateway to the broader world of commerce and luxury.

The figure of mortality that haunts the narrative, looming through Anna's fate, the grave, and the possibility that the living sculpture could outlast tangible life.

A minor figure in the graveyard sequences who marks the boundary between life, death, and memory. His presence underscores the film's meditation on tombs, tokens of memory, and the fragility of existence.

A supporting character who embodies the aged, observing world outside Platon's feverish creative bubble. Her presence adds texture to the social tapestry surrounding art, wealth, and mortality.

One of the participants in the pivotal poker game where Platon wins a fortune, an event that sharpens the conflict over Maria/Anna and Platon's growing delusions of control.

A dealer at the game who facilitates the high-stakes moment that shifts Platon's financial fortunes and amplifies the tension surrounding Maria's true identity.