''Mechanical Suite'' () is a 2001 Russian

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Dmitry Meskhiev Dmitry Dmitriyevich Meskhiev (, born 31 October 1963) is a Russian film director. His 2004 film ''Our Own (2004 film), Our Own'' won the Golden George at the 26th Moscow International Film Festival, and his 2015 work Battalion (2015 film), ''Batt ...

. The film is based on the story ''Brothers'' by Janusz Głowacki.

Plot

Kolya (Sergei Golovkin), an employee from the patent department of a plant, goes to Lykovo near St. Petersburg for the weekend and dies of a heart attack. The administration of the plant decides to transport the body to the homeland of the deceased for burial. For this purpose two people are sent on a business trip: Markerants (

Sergei Garmash Sergei Leonidovich Garmash (; born 1 September 1958) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He is a People's Artist of Russia. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. Biography Early life and edu ...

), who at any time can develop an ulcer, and business-minded Mityagin (

Mikhail Porechenkov Mikhail Yevgenyevich Porechenkov (; born 2 March 1969) is a Russian film actor, producer, director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent Alexey Nikolayev in the TV series ''National Security Agent'' (1999–2005). In 2008, Porechenko ...

). On the way, Mityagin offers Markerants to drink a toast in the dining car for Kolya, for destiny, for their country. All ends with Markerants giving all the money collected by the plant for Kolya's burial to some woman named Lyuyba (Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya). Having lost their travel money, they go on an adventure and drive with the stiff in a normal train compartment. A chance passenger, Edouard (

Konstantin Khabensky Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky, People's Artist of Russia, PAR (; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor of stage and film, director and philanthropist. From 1997 he was part of the Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre cast until 2000, after whi ...

), who has stolen an item worth $50,000 from a factory, drops his immensely heavy suitcase on the dead man's head. Edouard ends up thinking that he is the culprit in Kolya's death. To get rid of the evidence, he throws the corpse out the window. The greedy Mityagin decides to take advantage of the situation and demands money so that he will not to give out the "murderer". This leads to everyone subsequently finding themselves under the persecution of the mafia and the police.

Cast

as Mityagin *

as Markerants *

as Edouard *

Sergei Makovetsky } Sergei Vasilievich Makovetsky (, born 13 June 1958) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Ukrainian-born Russian film and stage actor. His work as an actor has won him 11 awards and a further 15 nominations. Selected filmography Film *1989: ''The ...

as operative officer Plyuganovskiy *

Andrei Zibrov Andrei Yurievich Zibrov (; 5 July 1973, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian actor. He has acted on stage on Lensovet Theatre. On the night of Friday, April 23 to Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the house No. 11 on Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Zibrov wa ...

as machinist Viktor *Oksana Bazilevich as striptease dancer Asya *

Aleksandr Bashirov Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. Biography Bashirov was born on 24 September 1955 in the vill ...

as man in a police car * Zoya Buryak as beer seller *

Irina Rozanova Irina Yurievna Rozanova (; born 22 July 1961) is a Russian actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1985. In 2008 she was a member of the jury at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Biography Rozanova w ...

as Olga *Sergei Golovkin as deceased Kolya *

Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya Yevgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya (; 26 December 1964 – 10 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and cinema, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2005), a laureate of the Nika Award (2001) and Golden Eagle Award ...

as Lyuba * Yury Kuznetsov as pathologist *Mikhail Wasserbaum as Olga's lover * Aleksandr Fatyushin as Major Lebedev * Zinaida Sharko as Plyuganovskiy's mother

Awards

*Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya received the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Nika (2001), Golden Aries (2001) and "Constellation" (2001) awards.

References

External links

* Russian crime comedy-drama films 2001 black comedy films 2001 films Films directed by Dmitry Meskhiev 2000s crime comedy-drama films Russian black comedy films 2000s Russian-language films Russian-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-Russia-film-stub Russian-language black comedy films