''Simply Awful!'' (russian: Просто ужас!, Prosto uzhas!) is a 1982 Soviet

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directed by Aleksandr Polynnikov based on the play of the same name by Yuri Sotnik. It is the second adaptation of the play, the first one was ''

Two Days of Miracles ''Two Days of Miracles'' (russian: Два дня чудес, Dva dnya dlya chudes) is a 1970 Soviet fantasy comedy film directed by Lev Mirsky based on the play ''Simply Awful!'' by Yuri Sotnik. Plot Young undereducated fairies Daisy and Violet fr ...

'' in 1970.

Plot

The film tells about the adventures of sixth grader Anton Murashov and his father, who are both convinced that it would be very easy to be a completely different person and do other tasks, perhaps even easier than being yourself. Father of Anton's friend invents the "Wish-fulfiller" and with the help of this machine Anton and Vadim Petrovich exchange places - Anton becomes a veterinarian, and his veterinarian father, a schoolboy.

Cast

*Dima Zamulin — Anton Murashov *Semyon Morozov — Vadim Petrovich *Anna Tolstaya — Alenka *Galina Venevitinova — Marousia *

Alla Budnitskaya Alla Zinovievna Budnitskaya (russian: Алла Зиновьевна Будницкая; 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 Budnits ...

— Varvara Ivanovna *

Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov w ...

— Ruslan Ivanovich *Elizaveta Nikishchihina — Anna Borisovna * Yevgeniya Khanayeva — Antonina Georgievna *

Aleksandr Shirvindt Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt (russian: Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, screenwriter and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). Since 20 ...

— Chief Physician *Lidia Ezhevskaya — Louise Vasilievna *

Natalya Krachkovskaya Natalia Leonidovna Krachkovskaya (russian: Ната́лья Леони́довна Крачковская, née Belogortseva; 24 November 1938 – 3 March 2016) was a Soviet and Russian actress, Meritorious Artist (1998). Belogortseva was born in ...

— Raisa Nikolaevna *Sergey Golubkov — Serezha *

Natalya Seleznyova Natalya Igorevna Seleznyova (russian: Ната́лья И́горевна Селезнёва; born 19 June 1945) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Biography She first took the stage at the age of six, participating in the Red Arm ...

— girl with a wrench *Liliya Gritsenko — teacher of geography *Herman Kachin — Leonid Nikolaevich *Vladimir Yumatov — friend of Murashov Sr. *Tamara Yarenko — teacher *Alexander Glovyak — artist * Natalya Kustinskaya — cat lady *Vladimir Naumtsev — teacher of mathematics *Elena Fetisenko — landlady *Georgiy Georgiou — neighbor of the Murashovs *Alexander Vasyushkin — cameo *

Yevgeny Morgunov Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978 ...

— owner of the goat *

Valery Nosik Valery Benediktovich Nosik (Валерий Бенедиктович Носик, 9 October 1940, Moscow, USSR, — 4 January 1995, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian film and stage actor, the People's Artist of Russia (1994) who appe ...

— hunter

References

External links

* Soviet fantasy comedy films 1980s fantasy comedy films Russian children's fantasy films Odesa Film Studio films 1980s children's fantasy films Films about wish fulfillment 1982 comedy films 1982 films Body swapping in films Soviet television films Films based on Russian novels Soviet children's films {{USSR-film-stub