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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears

A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears

19765.22h 13m

Overview

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...

Directed by Igor Usov
Written by Arnold Vitol, Sergey Mikhalkov
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Top Cast

Sergei Krupennikov

Sergei Krupennikov

Andrey Popov

Yuliya Shulepova

Yuliya Shulepova

Prince / Princess

Sergei Filippov

Sergei Filippov

Chess King

Vladimir Trukhanov

Vladimir Trukhanov

Pattison

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

Krivello / Jack of Spades

Valentina Kosobutskaya

Valentina Kosobutskaya

Dvuliche / Queen of Spades

Oleg Popov

Oleg Popov

Mag Univer

Valentin Nikulin

Valentin Nikulin

Joker

Yevgeni Morgunov

Yevgeni Morgunov

Tuz

Valentina Kovel

Valentina Kovel

Kargan / Queen of Spades

About A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears

A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears is a family, fantasy, adventure film released in 1976. Directed by Igor Usov, it stars Sergei Krupennikov, Yuliya Shulepova, Sergei Filippov. 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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