Ian McKellen (as Narrator (voice)), Nicky Dewhurst (as Young Man), Brian Dewhurst (as Old Man), Anait Karagyezyan (as Vagabond Girl), Chris Van Wagenen (as Youth), Kenny Raskin (as Man), Cully Smoller (as Infant/Child), Mikhail Matorin (as Cube Act), Yves Decoste (as Statue Act), Marie-Laure Mesnage (as Statue Act), Jennifer Clément (as Character Statue Act (Mephisto Stilt Demon)), Konstantine Besschetnyj (as Banquine), Yelena Kolesnikova (as Banquine), Aleksandr Leontiev (as Banquine), Oleg Ouchakov (as Banquine)

SINOPSIS:
A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love!