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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears
A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...
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A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...
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Genre:Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Written By:Arnold Vitol
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Runtime:133 minutes
Studio:Lenfilm
Cast
Igor Usov
Director
Sergei Krupennikov
Andrey Popov
Yuliya Shulepova
Prince / Princess
Sergei Filippov
Chess King
Vladimir Trukhanov
Pattison
Georgiy Vitsin
Krivello / Jack of Spades
Valentina Kosobutskaya
Dvuliche / Queen of Spades
Oleg Popov
Mag Univer
Valentin Nikulin
Joker
Yevgeni Morgunov
Tuz
Valentina Kovel
Kargan / Queen of Spades
Anatoly Alekseev
chief of the guard
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