Idrama yolwaphulo-mthetho yase-Alexey Balabanava ithi: "Akufane nefilimu yaseRussia ethandekayo, wadutyulwa emva kokuwa kweSoviet Union. Ezo zinto zinomdla ngokunxulumene no "mzalwana" kakhulu, kwaye ngoku inethiwekhi iphinde yaqwalaselwa kuthotho lweefoto, apho iifreyimu ezivela kule peyinti zibonakalisiwe kwi-Sttersburg. Umbhali wemiboniso bhanyazisi wafumana iindawo ezikhonjisiweyo apho imicimbi "yomzalwana" ityhilwa, ethelekisa izakhelo ezihambelanayo kwifilimu.
Ukujonga ezi foto, kubonakala ngathi kufanelekile ukuthetha apha ngokuchaseneyo, kodwa malunga nokucocwa kwee-ERA kunye nenyani, kuba ukukhululwa kwe- "Mzalwana" ephantse yaguquka. Okubangela umdla kukuba, uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwefilimu lalilinganiselwe, kuba ukwenzela ukusindisa ukudubula kwakuhlala kuqhutywa ngaphandle kwamalungiselelo akhethekileyo. Kukwakufanelekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba uninzi lwefilimu lususwe kwi-vasillievsky Island.
Umbhali wemifanekiso nguSt. Petersburg umfanekiso ka-Katerina Mishkel. Njengoko ubona kwindawo yobuqu yaseKaterina, ikhethekileyo kwi-stuotio yokudubula, imifanekiso yomtshato kunye nefomathi yemoto ye-trumpet.