Soviet
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comedy film
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A chemist by training, Alexandr Petrovich Bochkin (
Yury Yakovlev
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.
Main works
Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in Cinema of the ...
) manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for his speculative "private enterprise," run in conjunction with "Queen Margot" (
Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984) was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
She acted in play ...
). But when his old friend from the chemical institute, Yuri Lebedev ( Vsevolod Safonov) arrives in Moscow from the Siberian city of
Dalnegorsk
Dalnegorsk (, lit. ''far in the mountains'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population:
Name
It was formerly known from its founding in 1897 as Tetyukhe (; ; literally meaning "river of wild boars") ...
, along with a traveling companion, Olga (
Ninel Myshkova
Ninel is a given name. It is feminine in the former Soviet Union and masculine in Romania. In many Soviet cases, it is often considered to be derived from reversing the surname Lenin. It may refer to:
* Ninel Aladova (born 1934), Belarusian archit ...
), Bochkin becomes uncomfortable with his job title. He decides to tell his friends that he is a scientist working on top-secret experiments for the government, but eventually this cover story backfires, leading to one misunderstanding after the other.
Cast
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Yury Yakovlev
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.
Main works
Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in Cinema of the ...
as Alexander Petrovich Bochkin, underground entrepreneur
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Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984) was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
She acted in play ...
as "Queen Margot", Margarita Ivanovna, profiteer
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Vera Maretskaya
Vera Petrovna Maretskaya (; 31 July 1906 – 17 August 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She was a recipient of People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976).
Early years
Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was ...
as Vasilisa Sergeevna
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Rostislav Plyatt
Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982.
Biography
Born in Rostov-on-Don (modern-day Rostov Oblast of ...
as Vladimir Gavrilovich Muromtsev, Vasilisa's husband
*Ninel Myshkova as Olga, Vasilisa's sister
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Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva (, 9 September 1930, Potapovo, Smolensk Oblast — 8 April 2008, Moscow) was a popular Soviet and Russian actress. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991).
Biography
Early years
Nadezhda Rumyantseva was born in th ...
as Galya, Bochkin's sister
* Vsevolod Safonov as Yuri Lebedev, Bochkin's friend, chief engineer at the plant in Dalnogorsk
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