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Exceptions Without Rules

1986-05-03 · 95 min · ★ 6.8

Comedy · Drama · TV Movie

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

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Directors
Sergey Baranov, Vladimir Bortko, Viktor Buturlin, Valeri Naumov, Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Viktor BychkovViktor BychkovBoris Toporkov/Bob (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Olga SamoshinaOlga SamoshinaLuiza - inturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Yuri AroyanYuri Aroyaninturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Aleksandr VidgopAleksandr Vidgopinturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Rashel GedalyovaRashel Gedalyovaekskursovod-perevodchik (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Sergei LosevSergei Losevmaster na fabrike igrushek (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Sergey OkmanSergey Okmaninturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Aleksey BabutskiyAleksey Babutskiyinturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
L. Buryakova(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Vladimir VasilyevVladimir Vasilyev(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Tsilya Gedalyovainturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Mikhail GeorgievskiyMikhail Georgievskiyinturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Tatyana ZakharovaTatyana ZakharovaNina - stomatolog (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Elvira Krupina(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Sergey Lukyanov(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
P. Mansurov(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Yuriy PomogaevYuriy Pomogaev(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Georgiy Prusov(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»/Isklyuchenie 3: «Golos»)
Marina Rozhdestvenskayainturist (Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)
Tamara Samoznayeva(Isklyuchenie 1: «Ekskursant»)

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