When he loses his job as a music teacher, Nikolai ends up sharing a
room in an apartment in Saint Petersburg with Gorokhov. The
room's previous tenant, an old lady, died a year ago, but her cat is
still very much alive and well fed. Keen to resolve the mystery,
Nikolai and his neighbours follow the cat into a wardrobe and find a
portal that takes them on to the rooftops of Paris...
Script: Vyacheslav Leikin,
Yuri Mamin,
Arkadiy Tigay,
Vladimir Vardunas,
Guy Séligmann
Cinematographer: Anatoli Lapshov,
Sergei Nekrasov
Music: Yuri Mamin,
Aleksei Zalivalov
Cast: Agnès Soral (Nicole),
Sergei Dontsov (Nikolai Tchijov),
Viktor Mikhaylov (Gorokhov),
Nina Usatova (Vera),
Kira Krejlis-Petrova (Gorokhov's Mother-in-Law),
Natalya Ipatova (Gorokhov's Daughter),
Viktor Gogolev (Kuzmich),
Tamara Timofeyeva (Maria Olegovna),
Andrey Urgant,
Jean Rupert,
Malka Ribowska,
Bernard Cassus-Soulanis,
Vladimir Kaliche,
Aleksei Zalivalov,
Aleksei Kozodayev,
Yelena Drapeko,
Valentine Boukine,
Varvare Chebalina,
Anatoli Slivnikov,
Sergei Labyrinr
Country: Russia / France
Language: Russian / French
Support: Color
Runtime: 87 min
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