''Chinese Service'' (russian: Китайскій сервизъ, Kitayskiy serviz) is a 1999 Russian comedy film directed by Vitaly Moskalenko.

Plot

The film takes place in 1913 on a ship leaving the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

from Tsaritsyn to

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

to celebrate the

300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty The Romanov Tercentenary was a country-wide celebration, marked in the Russian Empire from February 1913, in celebration of the ruling House of Romanov. After a grand display of wealth and power in St. Petersburg, and a week of receptions at the ...

. Suddenly it became known that scammers plan to beat poker rich merchant Frol Satanovsky...

Cast

* Oleg Yankovsky as Count Stroganov *

Sergey Bezrukov Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Вита́льевич Безру́ков, born 18 October 1973) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor, singer, People's Artist of Russia, the laureate of the State Prize of th ...

as Kolya Sidikhin * Anna Samokhina as Zinaida Voloshina (singing Evgenia Smolyaninova) * Vladimir Menshov as Merchant Satanovsky * Sergey Nikonenko as Arseni Myshko *

Bogdan Stupka Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka ( uk, Богдан Сильвестрович Ступка; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor and the minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian ...

as Lapsin *

Sergey Gabrielyan Sergey may refer to: * Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name) * Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland * ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps are ...

as Staff Captain Panteleimon Sumatokhin *

Irina Bezrukova Irina ( Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of p ...

as Countess (as Irina Livanova) * Maksim Lagashkin as Waiter * Andrei Davydov as GeneralChinese Service (1999) Full Cast / Crew
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Yuriy Dumchev Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev (russian: Юрий Эдуардович Думчев; 5 August 1958 – 10 February 2016) was a Russian track and field athlete for the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the men's discus throw on 29 May 1983 with a ...

as Efrem *

Evgeniya Dmitrieva Evgeniya Olegovna Dmitrieva (russian: Евгения Олеговна Дмитриева; born 1972) is a Russian actress. She appeared in over 140 films. Biography Evgeniya Dmitrieva was born on December 19, 1972, in Moscow. Since childhood, s ...

as Elzhbeta Yanovna Kvyatkovskaya

References

External links

* 1999 films 1990s Russian-language films Russian historical comedy films Films set in 1913 Films set in Nizhny Novgorod Films set in the Russian Empire Films shot in Nizhny Novgorod 1999 comedy films Mosfilm films {{1990s-Russia-film-stub Films about con artists