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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears
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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears 1976 Directed by Igor Usov Веселое сновидение, или смех сквозь слезы

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...

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Adventure , Family , Fantasy
Production Company Lenfilm
Release Date 6 June 1976
133 mins
Cast
Sergei Krupennikov
Sergei Krupennikov Andrey Popov
Yuliya Shulepova
Yuliya Shulepova Prince / Princess
Sergei Filippov
Sergei Filippov Chess King
Vladimir Trukhanov
Vladimir Trukhanov Pattison
Georgiy Vitsin
Georgiy Vitsin Krivello / Jack of Spades
Valentina Kosobutskaya
Valentina Kosobutskaya Dvuliche / Queen of Spades
Oleg Popov
Oleg Popov Mag Univer
Valentin Nikulin
Valentin Nikulin Joker
Yevgeni Morgunov
Yevgeni Morgunov Tuz
Valentina Kovel
Valentina Kovel Kargan / Queen of Spades
Anatoly Alekseev
Anatoly Alekseev chief of the guard
Yevgeniya Vetlova
Yevgeniya Vetlova Evgeniya Aleksandrovna
Pavel Pankov
Pavel Pankov doctor
Crew
Director
Igor Usov
Igor Usov
Writer
Arnold Vitol
Arnold Vitol
Cinematography
Alexander Dibrivny
Alexander Dibrivny
Production Design
Igor Vuskovich
Igor Vuskovich
Original Writer
Sergey Mikhalkov
Sergey Mikhalkov
Music
Andrey Petrov
Andrey Petrov