''A Bright Personality'' or () is a 1988 fantastic

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based on the works of

Ilf and Petrov Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Feinsilberg or , 1897–1937) and Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Katayev or , 1902–1942) were two Soviet prose authors of the 1920s and 1930s. They did much of their writing together, and are almost alway ...

, directed by Alexander Pavlovsky at the Odessa film studio. The film consists of two parts: the "Dark Past" and "Bright Future".

Plot

In provincial Pischeslav (original name of the small town is Kukuyevo) there is a powerful and respectable organization named KLOOP. A job in KLOOP is a cherished dream of every inhabitant of Pischeslav, but for what purpose was this office created and what does it do in reality – is a mystery even to the KLOOP workers. In fact the KLOOP are a bunch of bureaucrats and penpushers who simply receive public money. In KLOOP works Egor Filyurin whose neighbor in his communal apartment is a local celebrity – inventor Babsky. Most of his inventions are absurd and useless but when Babsky invents soap for removing freckles, something amazing happens. Having washed himself with this soap when taking a bath Filyurin becomes invisible! His ability to penetrate unnoticed by all institutions allows him very often to identify such tenacious evils as bureaucracy, arrogance, careerism, nepotism. The leadership of KLOOP is very concerned with the current situation. Head of KLOOP Cain Dobroglasov using the "Time Machine" – another invention of the restless Babsky – prepares to travel into the future when he comes to the conclusion that in the present time he is to be removed from his post. But Filyurin's invisibility suddenly disappears, and life in the city of Pischeslav begins to flow in a quiet bureaucratic line once again...

Cast

* Nikolai Karachentsov – Egor Karlovich Filyurin, KLOOP's clerk *

Aleksandra Yakovleva Aleksandra Yakovleva (born Aleksandra Evgenievna Ivanes, ; 2 July 1957 – 1 April 2022) was a Soviet and Russian actress and, later, a Russian rail transport executive. Biography Aleksandra Evgenievna Ivanes was born on 2 July 1957 in Kalinin ...

– Rita Haritullina, Filyurin's co-worker *

Mikhail Svetin Mikhail Semyonovich Svetin (; born Michail Solomonovitch Goltsman; 11 December 1929 – 30 August 2015) was a Soviet, Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. Svetin's room 2.JPG, Makeup room at the Comedy Theatre The Haro ...

– Ptashnikov, Filyurin's co-worker *

Galina Polskikh Galina Aleksandrovna Polskikh (; born 27 November 1939) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1962. In 1979 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, and in 1999 Order of Honour (fou ...

– Ptashnikova, Ptashnikov's wife and Filyurin's co-worker * Andrey Ankudinov – Kostya Ptashnikov, Ptashnikov's son and Filyurin's co-worker * Svetlana Kryuchkova – Segidilia Karpovna, head of KLOOP's trade union *

Boryslav Brondukov Boryslav Mykolayovych Brondukov (; ; 1 March 1938 – 10 March 2004) was a Ukrainian film character actor, People's Artist of Ukraine.

– head of KLOOP's personnel *

Victor Pavlov Viktor Pavlovich Pavlov (; October 5, 1940 – August 24, 2006) was a Russian stage and film actor. Pavlov worked in some of the most popular theatres of Moscow: 1963–1965 - Sovremennik Theatre, Yermolova Theatre (1965–1969), Mayakovsk ...

– Cain Alexandrovich Dobroglasov, head of KLOOP *

Vsevolod Shilovsky Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky (; born 3 June 1938, Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986). He was awarded the Order of Friendship (1997) and the Order of Honour (Russia), Orde ...

– Abel Alexandrovich Dobroglasov, deputy head of KLOOP, Cain's brother * Abesalom Loria – Babsky, inventor *

Aleksandr Demyanenko Aleksandr Sergeyevich Demyanenko (; May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). He is best known for playing the character Shurik in Leonid Gaidai's movies. Life and career Early life Al ...

– Spravchenko, doctor *

Igor Dmitriev Igor Borisovich Dmitriev () (29 May 1927 – 26 January 2008) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor who specialized in playing aristocratic characters in costume productions (e.g., Rosencrantz in Grigori Kozintsev's ''Hamlet''). Igor ...

– Bernardov, the former lead singer of the Imperial Opera *

Mikhail Kokshenov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kokshenov (16 September 1936, Moscow – 4 June 2020, Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of Russia (2002). Biography Mikhail Kokshenov wa ...

– Boris Abramovich Godunov, painter * Viktor Ilichyov – Yusupov *

Vladimir Tatosov Vladimir Mikhailovich Tatosov (; 10 May 1926 – 24 December 2021) was a Russian stage, television, voice and film actor. He had an honorary title People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). Biography Tatosov was born on 10 May 1926, in Moscow into a ...

– cashier-accountant *

Sergey Migitsko Sergey Grigorievich Migitsko (; born April 23, 1953) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991),Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 22 апреля 1 ...

– Mr. Pip, foreigner *

Veronika Izotova Veronica, Veronika, etc., may refer to: People * Veronica (name) * Saint Veronica * Saint Veronica of Syria Arts and media Comics and literature * ''Veronica'', an 1870 novel by Frances Eleanor Trollope * ''Veronica (novel)'', a 2005 novel by ...

– Caina Dobroglasova, Cain's secretary, Abel's mistress * Nikolay Slyozka – attendant *

Alla Budnitskaya Alla Zinovievna Budnitskaya (; born 1937, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. Biography Born July 5, 1937, in the family of the builder Zinovy Lazarevich Budnitsky. After graduating from secondary school in 1954, sh ...

– guide *

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Borisi Dzhigarkhanyan (3 October 193514 November 2020) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor. Born and raised in Yerevan, Dzhigarkhanyan started acting in the academic and Russian theaters of the city, before moving to Mos ...

– narrator

References

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