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The Jester
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The Jester

1988-10-31 · 99 min · ★ 4.4

Drama · Family

Taking advantage of his intellectual superiority, the teenager Valya Uspensky subtly and mercilessly takes revenge on others for small and big offenses. The young mathematics teacher Igor Aleksandrovich also falls into the field of his interests, whose intelligence and tact will properly influence the guy. But the young intellectual will suffer a crushing defeat in the seemingly ordinary everyday situation, which will be set up for him by his sweet, pretty classmate Ira - if only in order to once and for all teach the narcissistic jester a lesson.

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Directors
Andrey Eshpay
Production companies
Gorky Film Studios
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Dmitri Vesensky
Marina Mayevskaya
Igor KostolevskiyIgor Kostolevskiy
Vyacheslav BaranovVyacheslav Baranov
Dmitri UlyanovDmitri Ulyanov
Anatoli GrachyovAnatoli Grachyov
Mikhail MamayevMikhail Mamayev
Genrietta Yegorova
Vasily MichkovVasily Michkov
Gelena KirikGelena Kirik
Natalya KaznacheyevaNatalya Kaznacheyeva
Olga Zhukova
Lada MarisLada Maris
Aleksandr RyzhkovAleksandr Ryzhkov
Galina LevchenkoGalina Levchenko
Anna LevchenkoAnna Levchenko

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