''Dreams'' or (russian: Сны, Sny) is a 1993 Russian fantastical absurdist

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

directed by

Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998. ...

and Alexander Borodyansky.

Plot

...Russia, end of the 19th century. Countess Prizorova suffers from strange dreams. In them the Countess becomes a dishwasher by the name of Masha Stepanova who works in a dirty

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

eatery in 1993. ...Masha Stepanova has a pensioner husband, who shoots her nude and then sells these photos on the

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. Soon the president of Russia approaches Masha for help. An IMF representative is coming to Moscow and Stepanova who is appointed as Minister of Finance must seduce the foreigner to obtain favorable loans for Russia. However the provocation with Masha fails because of lustful Semyon Borisovich, accountant of the canteen where Stepanova works. Count Prizorov, alarmed by his wife's condition, refers first to a famous doctor, and then, well, to a medium Monsieur Renoir. After the "magical" psychic session Prizorov explains that his wife has a prophetic gift: she dreams about what would happen in Russia a hundred years. The future of the country seems terrible: poverty, a general collapse, violence of criminals, foreign prostitutes, lack of spirituality... The shocked Count decides to take a desperate step: at the time of the report to the Emperor Nicholas II, Prizorov requires to immediately begin implementation of economic and social reforms because the current rate of the tsarist government will inevitably lead to revolution. Alas, the emperor and his entourage remain deaf to Prizorov's fiery speech, the Count is discharged and the course of history does not change...

Cast

* Amaliya Mordvinova – Countess Prizorova / Maria Ivanovna Stepanova *

Oleg Basilashvili Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili (russian: Оле́г Валериа́нович Басилашви́ли; ka, ოლეგ ბასილაშვილი, ; born 26 September 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist ...

– Count Dmitry Prizorov *

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Rus ...

– Doctor * Arnold Ides – Semyon Borisovich, accountant of the dining room / Lieutenant general Ivan Ivanovich Rastorguev * Pyotr Merkurev – Monsieur Renoir, medium *

Valery Nosik Valery Benediktovich Nosik (Валерий Бенедиктович Носик, 9 October 1940, Moscow, USSR, — 4 January 1995, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian film and stage actor, the People's Artist of Russia (1994) who appe ...

– Minister of Culture of Russia *

Aleksei Zharkov Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Жарков; 27 March 1948 – 5 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharko ...

– Klotchkov, Colonel general and Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia *

Yuriy Sherstnyov Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (russian: Юрий, Yuriy, or uk, Юрій, Yuriy, or bg, Юрий, Jurij, or be, Юры, Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Gre ...

– Ivan Kurochkin, Minister of Agriculture of Russia Doctor *

Andrei Rostotsky Andrei Stanislavovich Rostotsky (Russian: Андрей Станиславович Ростоцкий, January 25, 1957 – May 5, 2002) was a Soviet Russian film and theatre actor and stunt performer, film director and screenwriter, and also TV ...

–

Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...

* Andrei Vertogradov – President of Russia *

Fred Hiatt Frederick Samuel Hiatt (April 30, 1955 – December 6, 2021) was an American journalist. He was the editorial page editor of ''The Washington Post'', where he oversaw the newspaper's opinion pages and wrote editorials and a biweekly column. He w ...

– Dominique, baron and the representative of IMF *

Aleksandr Chislov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

– Oleg, member of the government of Russia * Gennady Sharapov – bearded member of the government of Russia * Victor Pomortsev – Edward, member of the government of Russia *

Gosha Kutsenko Yuriy Georgiyevich Kutsenko (russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Куце́нко; born 20 May 1967), better known as Gosha Kutsenko (russian: Гоша Куценко), is a Russian actor, producer, singer, poet, and screenwriter. In 2008, ...

– Shtokman, tailor (uncredited) * Ekaterina Obraztsova – Major Panteleyeva, head of security of country residences * Marina Openkina – Paracha, Countess Prizorova's maid * Aleksandr Loye – boy buying nudes

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* 1990s historical comedy films 1993 films Russian historical comedy films Films directed by Karen Shakhnazarov {{Russia-film-stub

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