A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears (1976)

6.2/10 133 min Family Fantasy Adventure

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...

Cast

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

Yevgeniya Vetlova

Evgeniya Aleksandrovna

Pavel Pankov

doctor

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