One soviet programmer has problems in his job. He is laughed at by women, they think he is too awkward. His chiefs are giving no rest to him. In addition to that they give him very difficult project to be done very soon. Overcoming himself he does impossible. After closing away in his office and spending there several days and nights without sleep he finds some solution and immediately fells asleep. After waking up after very surrealistic dream he surprises of what has happened while he was asleep. And the miracles have just started for him…
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Vasiliy Bochkaryov
Константин Петрович Шапошников, «Снюсик»
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Evgeniya Glushenko
Татьяна Шапошникова (жена)
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Tatyana Plotnikova
Яна (сотрудница НИИ, ассистент «Снюсика»)
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Эмма Фёдоровна (начальник лаборатории НИИ)
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Svetlana Kryuchkova
Эвелина Романовна (товаровед, клиентка)
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Mikhail Kozakov
Иосиф Тимурович Петров (гипнотизёр)
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Evgeni Leonov
директор НИИ
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Yuri Bogatyryov
Павел Егорович Перебереев (начальник отдела)
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Nina Ruslanova
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Baadur Tsuladze
Автандил Шалвович Цуладзе (клиент, футбольный болельщик)
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Vitaliy Melnikov Director · Aleksandr Zhitinsky Author Konstantin Ryzhov Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $152M · Budget $32M · First release September 6, 1983
Box office
Budget
$32,000,000
Worldwide gross
$152,036,382
Gross vs. budget
4.8×
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Уникум
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 6, 1983
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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