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Window to Paris
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Window to Paris

1993-10-01 · 112 min · ★ 6.3

Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

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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Directors
Yuri Mamin
Production companies
Fontaine Sarl, Sodaperaga Productions, La Sept Cinéma, Trinity Bridge Studio
Countries
France, Russia
Status
Released

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Agnès SoralAgnès SoralNicole
Sergey DreydenSergey DreydenNikolay Chizhov
Viktor MikhaylovGorokhov
Nina UsatovaNina UsatovaVera
Kira Krejlis-PetrovaKira Krejlis-PetrovaMother-in-law Gorokhov
Natalya IpatovaNatalya Ipatovadaughter Gorokhov
Viktor GogolevIvan Kouzmitch
Tamara TimofeevaTamara TimofeevaMariya Olegovna
Andrey UrgantAndrey UrgantGulyaev
Jean RupertJean RupertMonsieur Prevost
Malka RibowskaMalka RibowskaLady in black
Bernard Cassus-SoulanisConstruction company agent
Aleksei KozodayevSidorov
Elena DrapekoElena DrapekoDeputy Director of 'Business Lyceum'
Vladimir KalishVladimir KalishPetya Ivanov
Aleksei ZalivalovAleksei ZalivalovPetrov - trumpeter
Anatoly SlivnikovMajor militsii
Oleg BelovOleg BelovPolice chief
Tatyana KomarovaTatyana KomarovaWoman activist
Valery KravchenkoValery KravchenkoPhysical education teacher

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