While the Dream is Mad (1978)
Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. Petersburg, disguised, he pretends to be the ace Ivan Piramida. He has to perform at the festival, but he only knows how to fly "according to the books", but he manages not to lose face. After a lot of ups and downs associated with his similarity in makeup with a famous criminal, Yura confesses everything to his beloved and flies already under his real name.
Director: Yuriy Gorkovenko
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Nikolai Karachentsov as |
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Lyubov Reymer as |
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Emmanuil Vitorgan as |
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Rolan Bykov as |
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Vladimir Basov as |
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Evgeniy Steblov as |
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Mikhail Boyarskiy as |
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Mykola Hrynko as |
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Oleg Anofriev as |
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Sergey Migitsko as |
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Sergei Filippov as |
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Ivan Ryzhov as |
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Sergey Nikonenko as |
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Lyubov Sokolova as |
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Rimma Markova as |
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Viktor Pavlov as |
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Lyudmila Shagalova as |
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Leonid Kuravlyov as |
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Olga Leonova as |
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Olga Anokhina as |
| Directing | Yuriy Gorkovenko | Director |
| Writing | Vasiliy Aksyonov | Writer |
| Sound | Gennadiy Gladkov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Anatoliy Mukasey | Director of Photography |
| Art | Alina Speshneva | Production Design |
| Art | Nikolay Serebryakov | Production Design |
| Sound | Vladimir Bakhmatsky | Sound Director |
| Sound | Viktor Babushkin | Sound Director |
| Directing | Yusup Daniyalov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dmitriy Smidovich | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Leonid Lebedev | Choreographer |
| Crew | I. Goryunov | Choreographer |
| Writing | Eduard Yermolin | Script Editor |
| Sound | Minna Blank | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elvira Mutusheva | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariya Chiglyakova | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Zhukovskaya | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | N. Shmagin | Set Designer |
| Camera | L. Luppov | Still Photographer |
| Editing | O. Root | Editor |
| Lighting | B. Lezin | Lighting Artist |
| Writing | L. Aldoshin | Script Consultant |
| Writing | A. Masenkis | Script Consultant |
| Costume & Make-Up | T. Abidova | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Evgeniy Lebedev | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Marks Cirelsons | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | T. Semyonova | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Drobyshev | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Boris Aretskiy | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Vadim Mikhailov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya | VFX Supervisor |
| Crew | A. Kobrin | Title Graphics |
| Crew | V. Kolyadova | Title Graphics |
| Production | Sergey Vulman | Executive Producer |