''Asya and the Hen with the Golden Eggs'', or ''Ryaba, My Chicken'' (russian: Курочка Ряба, translit. Kurochka Ryaba) is a 1994 Russian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...

. It was entered into the

1994 Cannes Film Festival The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film '' Pulp Fiction'' directed by Quentin Tarantino. The festival opened with '' The Hudsucker Proxy'', directed by Joel Coen and closed with ''S ...

. Asya and the Hen with the Golden Eggs is a satirical sequel to Konchalovsky's 1966 Soviet film, The Story of Asya Klyachina, taking the characters of the original and placing them in a post-Soviet context.

Cast

Inna Churikova Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (russian: Инна Михайловна Чурикова; born 5 October 1943) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. Biography Churikova was born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In ...

as Asya * Viktor Mikhaylov as Vasili Nikitich * Aleksandr Surin as Stepan *

Gennady Yegorychev Gennady ( rus, Геннадий, p=ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪj), also spelled Gennadi or Gennadiy, is a Russian male name. They are derived from the Greek given name Gennadius. People *Gennady Gladkov, Soviet and Russian composer *Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh b ...

as Chirkunov *

Gennady Nazarov Gennady Gennadievich Nazarov (russian: Геннадий Геннадьевич Назаров; March 3, 1967, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography He graduated from the faculty of the Moscow theatrical fake artistic and technical schoo ...

as Seryozha * Mikhail Kislov as Grishka *

Mikhail Kononov Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́нонов) (25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, ...

as father Nikodim * Lyubov Sokolova as Maria *

Aleksandr Chislov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

as secretary *

as customer in a hairdressing salon (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1994 films 1994 comedy films Russian comedy films 1990s Russian-language films Films directed by Andrei Konchalovsky {{1990s-comedy-film-stub