One soviet programmer has problems in his job. He is laughed at by women, they think he is too awkward. His chiefs are giving no rest to him. In addition to that they give him very difficult project to be done very soon. Overcoming himself he does impossible. After closing away in his office and spending there several days and nights without sleep he finds some solution and immediately fells asleep. After waking up after very surrealistic dream he surprises of what has happened while he was asleep. And the miracles have just started for him…
Acting
Bochkaryov's perfectly pathetic everyman desperation.
Writing
Dream logic that somehow makes bureaucratic sense.
Director
Vitaliy Melnikov
Vasiliy Bochkaryov
Константин Петрович Шапошников, «Снюсик»
Evgeniya Glushenko
Татьяна Шапошникова (жена)
Tatyana Plotnikova
Яна (сотрудница НИИ, ассистент «Снюсика»)
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
Stanislav Sadalskiy
Китаев (сотрудник НИИ)
Galina Volchek
Эмма Фёдоровна (начальник лаборатории НИИ)
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Эвелина Романовна (товаровед, клиентка)
Mikhail Kozakov
Иосиф Тимурович Петров (гипнотизёр)
Evgeni Leonov
директор НИИ
Yuri Bogatyryov
Павел Егорович Перебереев (начальник отдела)
Nina Ruslanova
председатель худсовета
Baadur Tsuladze
Автандил Шалвович Цуладзе (клиент, футбольный болельщик)
Boryslav Brondukov
Пётр Фомич (сосед Шапошникова)
Alla Meshcheryakova
сотрудница НИИ Попкова
Zinaida Sharko
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a Soviet sci-fi novel that satirized the absurdity of research institute culture—think Brazil meets Office Space with more borscht.
Director Vitaliy Melnikov was known for intimate character studies; this was his rare venture into genre territory, shot on a shoestring budget that somehow made the cheap effects feel more dreamlike.
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