Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..
Cast
Alisa Freyndlikh
Людмила Прокофьевна Калугина
Andrey Myagkov
Анатолий Ефремович Новосельцев
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Ольга Петровна Рыжова
Liya Akhedzhakova
секретарша Верочка
Oleg Basilashvili
Юрий Григорьевич Самохвалов
Lyudmila Ivanova
Шура
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Петр Иванович Бубликов
Georgi Burkov
завхоз
Mariya Vinogradova
член инвентаризационной комиссии
Nelli Pshyonnaya
жена Самохвалова
Aleksandr Fatyushin
сотрудник статистического учреждения
Aleksandra Kharitonova
Statistics employee
Eldar Ryazanov
пассажир автобуса
Vladimir Plotnikov
водитель Калугиной
Nina Emelyanova
Statistical Office Employee
Tatyana Yegorova
guest of the Samokhvalovs
Viktor Murganov
Gost y Samokhvalovikh
Yuliya Dioshi
Gost y Samokhvalovikh
Ekaterina Voronina
сотрудница статистического учреждения
Leonid Yevtifyev
guest (uncredited)
Nikolai Kuznetsov
employee
Nadezhda Repina
Unknown
Inna Vykhodtseva
Unknown
Nina Pushkova
Unknown
Crew
Bella Akhmadulina
Poem
Eldar Ryazanov
Director, Writer, Lyricist, Theatre Play
Emil Braginskiy
Writer, Theatre Play
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Script Editor
Valeriya Belova
Editor
Eleonora Praksina
Editor
Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Director of Photography
N. Koreneva
First Assistant Director
Evgeny Tsymbal
Second Assistant Director
Igor Petrov
Assistant Director
Karlen Agadzhanov
Executive Producer
Aleksandr Borisov
Production Design
Sergey Voronkov
Production Design
Sergey Armand
Camera Operator
Grigoriy Shpakler
Camera Operator
Viktor Epshteyn
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Mikhalychev
Assistant Camera
Grigory Verkhovsky
Assistant Camera
Nikolay Korobeynik
Assistant Camera
L. Basin
Assistant Camera
L. Nazarova
Camera Technician
V. Nikolayev
Camera Technician
Ye. Belin
Camera Technician
S. Fayman
Camera Technician
Edit Priede
Costume Design
Olga Struntsova
Makeup Artist
Valentina Shchedrina
Sound Director
Yuriy Rabinovich
Sound Director
Mark Vaysman
Lighting Artist
L. Merkulova
Lighting Artist
Andrey Petrov
Original Music Composer
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Robert Berns
Lyricist
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Lyricist
Nikolay Zabolotsky
Lyricist
Zhanna Melkonyan
Assistant Production Design
L. Ukhina
Assistant Production Design
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Tamara Vladimirtseva
Administration
L. Gimmelfarb
Administration
Marina Kapustina
Administration
A. Korkhov
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