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Window to Paris
Window to Paris

Window to Paris

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Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

112 mins

Rating

6.241/10

Release Date

01 October 1993

Country

France

Cast

Agnès Soral

Agnès Soral

Nicole

Sergey Dreyden

Sergey Dreyden

Nikolay Chizhov

Viktor Mikhaylov

Viktor Mikhaylov

Gorokhov

Nina Usatova

Nina Usatova

Vera

Kira Krejlis-Petrova

Kira Krejlis-Petrova

Mother-in-law Gorokhov

Natalya Ipatova

Natalya Ipatova

daughter Gorokhov

Viktor Gogolev

Viktor Gogolev

Ivan Kouzmitch

Tamara Timofeeva

Tamara Timofeeva

Mariya Olegovna

Andrey Urgant

Andrey Urgant

Gulyaev

Jean Rupert

Jean Rupert

Monsieur Prevost

Malka Ribowska

Malka Ribowska

Lady in black

Bernard Cassus-Soulanis

Bernard Cassus-Soulanis

Construction company agent

Aleksei Kozodayev

Aleksei Kozodayev

Sidorov

Elena Drapeko

Elena Drapeko

Deputy Director of 'Business Lyceum'

Vladimir Kalish

Vladimir Kalish

Petya Ivanov

Aleksei Zalivalov

Aleksei Zalivalov

Petrov - trumpeter

Anatoly Slivnikov

Anatoly Slivnikov

Major militsii

Oleg Belov

Oleg Belov

Police chief

Tatyana Komarova

Tatyana Komarova

Woman activist

Valery Kravchenko

Valery Kravchenko

Physical education teacher

Yuri Mamin

Yuri Mamin

Guy Séligmann

Guy Séligmann

Viktoriya Smolenskaya

Viktoriya Smolenskaya

Arkadiy Tigay

Arkadiy Tigay

Vera Vasileva

Vera Vasileva

Anatoliy Shvederskiy

Anatoliy Shvederskiy

Valentin Bukin

Valentin Bukin

Varvara Shabalina

Varvara Shabalina

Aleksandr Gorbachev

Aleksandr Gorbachev

Yuri Tarasov

Yuri Tarasov

Viktor Kolpakov

Viktor Kolpakov

Sergey Russkin

Sergey Russkin

Mikhail Sharautin

Mikhail Sharautin

Anatoliy Rudakov

Anatoliy Rudakov

Georgiy Mochalov

Georgiy Mochalov

vigilant veteran

Aleksandr Polyakov

Aleksandr Polyakov

Igor Bubenchikov

Igor Bubenchikov

Vyacheslav Leykin

Vyacheslav Leykin

Vasiliy Azemsha

Vasiliy Azemsha

Nelli Molchanova

Nelli Molchanova

Oleg Yudin

Oleg Yudin

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Pavel Kornakov

Pavel Kornakov

Galina Zaytseva

Galina Zaytseva

slob on the tram

Pavel Fetisov

Pavel Fetisov

Vladimir Sidorov

Vladimir Sidorov

Head of the French Communist Party

Vladimir Sevostyanikhin

Vladimir Sevostyanikhin

I. Fyodorova

I. Fyodorova

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