A Russian criminal steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of the mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue.
Acting
Garkalin's quadruple performance is genuinely unhinged commitment.
Production
Menshov somehow keeps four identical lunatics coherent.
Director
Vladimir Menshov
Valeriy Garkalin
Vasiliy Krolikov / Innokentiy Shniperson / Roman Almazov / Patrick Crolikow
Vera Alentova
Carol Abzats / Zemfira Almazova / Lusiena Krolikova / Whitney Crolikow
Inna Churikova
Praskov'ya Krolikova
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Kozyulski
Igor Ugolnikov
Piskunov Jean-Paul Nikolayevich
Sergey Batalov
Lieutenant
Rolan Bykov
Brilliant's buyer
Leonid Kuravlyov
USA ambassador
Lyubov Polishchuk
Jennifer, Ambassador's wife
Oleg Efremov
Nikolay Grigoryevich
Oleg Tabakov
Sukhodrishchev
Nonna Mordyukova
Registry Office Worker
Sergei Artsybashev
Registry Office Worker
Yevgeni Vesnik
Doctor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Valeriy Garkalin spent four hours in makeup daily to play all four brothers, often acting opposite himself in split-screen shots that were revolutionary for 1995 Russian cinema.
The film's frantic energy and criminal class satire directly mirrored Russia's post-Soviet Wild West capitalism — audiences recognized their own absurd reality in every frame.
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