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...

• Igor UsovDirector
• Arnold VitolWriter
• Andrey PetrovOriginal Music Composer

• Sergei KrupennikovAndrey Popov
• Yuliya ShulepovaPrince / Princess
• Sergei FilippovChess King
• Vladimir TrukhanovPattison
• Georgiy VitsinKrivello / Jack of Spades
• Valentina KosobutskayaDvuliche / Queen of Spades
• Oleg PopovMag Univer
• Valentin NikulinJoker
• Yevgeni MorgunovTuz
• Valentina KovelKargan / Queen of Spades
• Anatoly Alekseevchief of the guard
• Yevgeniya VetlovaEvgeniya Aleksandrovna