Stalin's doppelgänger starts a business. What could POSSIBLY go wrong in 1992 Russia?
An entrepreneurial young man organizes an unusual cooperative. Its members are doubles of prominent political figures, each of whom left a noticeable mark in Russian history. Like the propaganda teams of the recent past, this team travels around the country. Everyone communicates with the people in accordance with their image, and often the audience perceives the double as its prototype - and reacts accordingly ...
Acting
Aleksey Petrenko's Stalin impression that walks the razor's edge of menace and farce.
Writing
Satire so specific to 1992 it feels like a time capsule with teeth.
Production
Zero budget, maximum audacity — they filmed WHAT with WHOSE permission?
Director
Mikhail Ptashuk
Aleksey Petrenko
Boris Sergeevich (dvoynik Stalina)
Mikhail Ulyanov
Ivan Ivanovich
Valeri Ivchenko
Semyon Mikhailovich
Vasiliy Bochkaryov
dvoynik Chapayeva
Igor Kashintsev
Pyotr Petrovich (dvoynik Khruscheva)
Leonid Nevedomsky
Sergey Nikolaevich (dvoynik Brezhneva)
Aleksei Nilov
Lyosha
Nikolai Smirnov
Nina Rozantsevа
Mikhail Petrov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after the Soviet Union's collapse, the film captures Russians suddenly free to mock figures once punishable to criticize — but uncertain what replaces them.
Ptashuk was primarily a TV director; this theatrical release was a rare venture, explaining its rough edges and why it vanished from circulation.
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