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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears

First aired on Jun 6, 1976

Runtime: 133mins

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Genres: Family, Fantasy, Adventure

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...

Featured Cast: click image to view more
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
Featured Crew
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Igor Usov | Director
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Arnold Vitol | Writer
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Sergey Mikhalkov | Theatre Play
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Andrey Petrov | Music
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Igor Vuskovich | Production Design
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Alexander Dibrivny | Director of Photography