The authors of the play are Nikita Mikhalkov, the Presnyakov brothers
Stage Director - Nikita Mikhalkov
Set Designer - Yuri Cooper
Composer - Eduard Artemiev
Choreographers - Lasha Marykhuba, Evgeny Raev
Stunt coordinator - Valery Derkach
Costume Designer - Sergei Struchev
Make-up artists - Petr Gorshenin, Tatiana Melkomova
Lighting Designer - Andrey Abramov
Characters and performers:
1st juror - Vladimir Maisuradze
2nd juror - Georgy Kuzubov
3rd juror - Igor Sergeev
4th juror - Sergey Radchenko
5th juror - Alexander Vedmensky
6th Juror - Anton Netby
7th juror - Arseny Sonnenstral
9th juror - Yuri Shipkov
10th juror - Vladimir Kochetkov
11th juror - Sergey Stepanchenko
12th juror - Nikolay Burlyaev
Nikita Mikhalkov as 8th juror
Bailiff - Alexander Kizhaev
Defendant - Ramiz Kyalbiev
The story of twelve jurors discussing whether an 18-year-old boy accused of killing his father is guilty. In the center of the plot is the discussion by twelve jurors of the criminal case about the murder of his adoptive father by a Chechen youth. The play is a reflection on what freedom, compassion is, the ability to help a completely stranger in trouble, a serious conversation about what worries everyone today.