Directed by:
Roman BalayanCinematography:
Vilen KalyutaPlots(1)
On the eve of his fortieth birthday, Sergey discovers that neither his job, his family, nor his comely lover are able to give his life meaning, and that his only intense moments occur in dreams that increasingly wrench him from reality. This Soviet hit from the early 1980s continues to offer a strong statement of a generation that was allowed to dream but couldn't really live. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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![Oleg Yankovskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/018/803/18803797_156f49.jpg)
Oleg Yankovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
A Hunting Accident (1978)
The Mirror (1975)
![Ludmila Gurchenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/018/803/18803800_cb49bc.jpg)
Ludmila Gurchenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Siberiade (1979)
Dvadtsat dney bez voyny (1976)
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![Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/428/428898_a6ed2e.jpg)
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
![Oleg Menshikov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269222_0b2b22.jpg)
Oleg Menshikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
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![Nikita Mikhalkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269803_4a1ef3.jpg)
Nikita Mikhalkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
![Aleksandr Adabashyan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/641/158641901_725e15.jpg)
Aleksandr Adabashyan
Soviet Union
![Elena Kostina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/430/159430175_9bb7e5.jpg)
Elena Kostina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Viktor Merezhko
Soviet Union
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![Lyubov Rudneva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/246/162246316_5b9ed9.jpg)
Lyubov Rudneva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)
12 (2007)
Sergey Ivanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Flights in Dreams and in Reality (1982)
Duma o Kovpake: Nabat (1973)
V boy idut odni stariki (1973)
Lyudmila Ivanova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Office Romance (1977)
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Valerij Panarin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Flights in Dreams and in Reality (1982)
Andromeda Nebula (1967)
Galina Shigayeva
Best movies: