''What a Wonderful Game'' (russian: Какая чудная игра, Kakaya chudnaya igra) is a 1995 Russian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Pyotr Todorovsky
Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky (russian: Пётр Ефи́мович Тодоро́вский, uk, Петро Юхимович Тодоровський, 26 August 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographe ...
. It was entered into the
19th Moscow International Film Festival
The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded.
Jury
* Richard Gere (United States – President of the Jury)
* Friedrich Gorenstein (Germany)
* Aurelio De Laurentiis (Italy) ...
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Cast
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Andrey Ilin
Andrey Yepifanovich Ilyin (russian: Андре́й Епифа́нович Ильи́н; born July 18, 1960, Gorky, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1993).[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 Kolya Rybkin
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Denis Konstantinov as Fedya Grinevich
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Gennadi Mitnik as Elizbar Radchaninov (voice by
Sergei Chekan)
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Elena Yakovleva
Elena Alexeevna Yakovleva (russian: Еле́на Алексе́евна Я́ковлева; born 5 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in such films as ''Intergirl'' and ''Encore, Once More Encore!'' as well as for the ...
as Vera Markelova
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Yuriy Kuznetsov as Filimon Semenovich
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Larisa Udovichenko
Larisa Ivanovna Udovichenko (russian: link=no, Лариса Ивановна Удовиченко; born 29 April 1955, Vienna, Austria) is a Russian actress. People's Artist of Russia (1998). as Sophia Abramovna
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Nikolay Burlyaev as Mikhail Mikhailovich
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Maria Shukshina
Maria Vasilievna Shukshina (russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Шукшина́; born 27 May 1967) is a Russian actress. Her film credits include '' Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus'' (2010), ''Bury Me Behind the Baseboard'' (2009) and '' Am ...
as Olya
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Darya Volga as Julia
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Elena Kotikhina as Mikhail Mikhailovich's mistress
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Dmitry Maryanov as Lev
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Aleksei Zolotnitsky as KGB captain
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Valentina Berezutskaya as the controller in the train
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Mikhail Dorozhkin as Yuri Shevtsov
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Aleksandr Oleshko as clarinettist
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Nina Agapova
Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (russian: Ни́на Фёдоровна Ага́пова; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress.Ruskino.ru.Nina Agapova
Life and career
Agapova was born in Moscow in May 1926. She graduated f ...
as teacher of English language
References
External links
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1995 films
1995 drama films
Russian drama films
1990s Russian-language films
Mosfilm films
Films directed by Pyotr Todorovsky
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