A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears (1976)

  • NR
  • 06/06/1976 (SU)
  • Family, Fantasy, Adventure
  • 2h 13m

Overview

A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...

Igor Usov

Director

Arnold Vitol

Writer

Cast

Sergei Krupennikov's headshot

Sergei Krupennikov

Andrey Popov
Yuliya Shulepova's headshot

Yuliya Shulepova

Prince / Princess
Sergei Filippov's headshot

Sergei Filippov

Chess King
Vladimir Trukhanov's headshot

Vladimir Trukhanov

Pattison
Georgiy Vitsin's headshot

Georgiy Vitsin

Krivello / Jack of Spades
Valentina Kosobutskaya's headshot

Valentina Kosobutskaya

Dvuliche / Queen of Spades
Oleg Popov's headshot

Oleg Popov

Mag Univer
Valentin Nikulin's headshot

Valentin Nikulin

Joker

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