L'Éducatrice et le Tyran (1997)
Boris Pochenko, le dictateur d'un petit pays de l'Est anciennement communiste, cherche un précepteur américain pour ses trois enfants. Grushinsky, son émissaire à New York, embauche par erreur la ravissante Joy Miller, une jeune esthéticienne. Dès son arrivée au château de Pochenko, le malentendu plonge la jeune femme dans une série de mésaventures et de quiproquos surréalistes. Ses rapports avec Boris Pochenko démarrent sous de très mauvais auspices. Mais le charme et l'aplomb de Joy lui permettent de sortir des situations les plus embrouillées. Un tendre sentiment finit par naître entre le dictateur et son drôle de professeur.
Directeur: Ken Kwapis
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Fran Drescher as Joy Miller |
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Timothy Dalton as Boris Pochenko |
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Michael Lerner as Jerry Miller |
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Ian McNeice as Ira Grushinsky |
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Patrick Malahide as Leonid Kleist |
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Lisa Jakub as Katrina Pochenko |
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Tamara Mello as Consuela |
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Phyllis Newman as Judy Miller |
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Heather DeLoach as Masha Pochenko |
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Adam LaVorgna as Karl Pochenko |
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Vincent Schiavelli as Jailer |
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Marianne Muellerleile as Chef |
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Timothy Dowling as Alek |
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Michael Immel as Stage Manager |
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Celeste Russi as Lupe |
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Michael Horton as Fairytale Prince (voice) |
| Directing | Ken Kwapis | Director |
| Writing | Todd Graff | Writer |
| Directing | Christina Fong | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | John Dillon | Animation |
| Crew | Steven Lambert | Stunts |
| Crew | Rosine 'Ace' Hatem | Stunts |
| Crew | Sonia Izzolena | Stunts |
| Crew | Rita Minor | Stunts |
| Crew | Brian J. Williams | Stunts |
| Crew | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Sawaya | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Hancock | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Roger Birnbaum | Executive Producer |
| Production | Fran Drescher | Executive Producer |
| Production | Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Rusty Smith | Production Design |
| Art | Sara Andrews | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Gerhardt | Key Makeup Artist |
| Art | Steve Cooper | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zdeněk Klika | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Todd Graff | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Tfank | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Meikle | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Faye Woods | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Peter Lyons Collister | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hawk Koch | Producer |
| Sound | Cliff Eidelman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jon Poll | Editor |
| Production | Peter Marc Jacobson | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Mace | Hairstylist |
| Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |