A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears
1976, Russian. Directed by Igor Usov.
A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Igor UsovDirector
- Sergei KrupennikovAndrey Popov
- Yuliya ShulepovaPrince / Princess
- Sergei FilippovChess King
- Vladimir TrukhanovPattison
- Georgiy VitsinKrivello / Jack of Spades
- Valentina KosobutskayaDvuliche / Queen of Spades
- Oleg PopovMag Univer
- Valentin NikulinJoker
- Yevgeni MorgunovTuz
- Valentina KovelKargan / Queen of Spades
- Anatoliy Alekseevchief of the guard
- Yevgeniya VetlovaEvgeniya Aleksandrovna
Details
- Released
- 6 June 1976
- Original title
- Веселое сновидение, или смех сквозь слезы
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Arnold Vitol
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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears runs 133 minutes (2h 13m).
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A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 June 1976. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears, try The Wish of the Fairy Fish, Momo, A Fairy Tale After All.
Who directed A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears?
A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears (1976) was directed by Igor Usov and stars Sergei Krupennikov, Yuliya Shulepova, Sergei Filippov.