Window to Paris

Window to Paris

87 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Oct. 1, 1993

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

87 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Oct. 1, 1993

Window to Paris
Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Sodaperaga Productions, La Sept Cinéma, Fontaine Sarl, Studio Troitskiy Most
Original title Окно в Париж
Directors Yuri Mamin
Writers Vyacheslav Leykin, Vladimir Vardunas, Arkadiy Tigay, Feliks Mironer, Guy Séligmann

Cast

Agnès Soral

as Nicole

Sergei Dreiden

as Nikolay Chizhov

Viktor Mikhaylov

as Gorokhov

Nina Usatova

as Vera

Kira Krejlis-Petrova

as Mother-in-law Gorokhov

Natalya Ipatova

as daughter Gorokhov

Viktor Gogolev

as Ivan Kouzmitch

Tamara Timofeeva

as Mariya Olegovna

Andrey Urgant

as Gulyaev

Jean Rupert

as Monsieur Prevost

Malka Ribowska

as Lady in black

Bernard Cassus-Soulanis

as Construction company agent

Aleksei Kozodayev

as Sidorov

Elena Drapeko

as Deputy Director of 'Business Lyceum'

Vladimir Kaliche

as Ivanov - Member of the Regional Party Committee

Alexey Zalivalov

as Petrov, trumpeter