Hoffmann's Fairy Tales (2024)
The beginning of the 2000s. New realities, instant adaptation to the proposed circumstances, enchanting careers, unexpected unknown professions... All this could have happened only at the turn of the century, when the Soviet system instantly went out of fashion, replaced by the lightning invasion of the Western world in a grotesque parody. The main character of the film is an inconspicuous girl Nadezhda Strakhova. Nadezhda, oddly enough, is married. Her husband, Vitalik, a provincial, married a childless Nadezhda for the sake of a Moscow residence permit and a typical "Khrushchev" on the outskirts of Moscow. Nadezhda works two jobs to support her small family: in the mornings in the district library and in the evenings in the theater wardrobe. One day her life changes dramatically.
Director:
Tina Barkalaya
Writer:
Tina Barkalaya
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Ekaterina Vilkova as Nadya |
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Evgeny Tsyganov as Garik |
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Maksim Stoyanov as Vitalik |
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Nargis Abdullaeva as Nadira |
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Kseniya Kutepova as Sofia Fishman |
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Aleksey Guskov as Aleksandr Fishman |
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Natalya Pavlenkova as |
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Semen Shteinberg as |
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Anna Ardova as |
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Diana Milyutina as |
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Liza Kurbakova as |
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Milada Fokina as |
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Marina Barsukova as |
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Ekaterina Shagalova as |
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Dmitriy Pchela as |
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva as |
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Danila Gnido as |
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Dmitriy Ovchinnikov as |
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Dmitriy Burlakov as |
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Natalya Tereschenko as |
| Sound | Andrey Kurchenko | Music Producer |
| Writing | Tina Barkalaya | Screenplay |
| Camera | Konstantin Esadze | Director of Photography |
| Art | Viktor Zudin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Dronova | Costume Design |
| Editing | Natalya Kucherenko | Editor |
| Directing | Ditmar Nikolas | Assistant Director |
| Production | Vladimir Golov | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ekaterina Shakhvorostova | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Darya Bukhtoyarova-Spiridonova | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Ayrat Islamov | VFX Supervisor |
| Sound | Arcady Noskov | Sound Director |
| Production | Ekaterina Filippova | Producer |
| Production | Olga Azhnakina | Producer |
| Directing | Tina Barkalaya | Director |