Something with the Telephone

7.0 (1 votes)• 1979• 19m•Released

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Based on the fantastic story by Kir Bulychyov "Can You Ask for Nina?". Guests gathered in Vadim Nikolayevich’s apartment to celebrate the 1979's New Year with a cheerful company. The landlord unsuccessfully tries to reach his friend Nina. He, dialing a number, gets to a girl who is also called Nina. Her answers seem strange to Vadim Nikolayevich until he realizes that he is in some unusual way talking with a child from Moscow in 1942.

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Production Details

Languages: Russian

Director: Konstantin Osin

Starring Cast: Anatoli Grachyov, Iya Arepina, Tamara Loginova, Lyudmila Marchenko, Tatyana Ronami, Yelena Fetisenko

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Anatoli Grachyov

Vadim Nikolayevich

Iya Arepina

Mother

Tamara Loginova

Nina's neighbor

Lyudmila Marchenko

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Tatyana Ronami

Nina

Yelena Fetisenko

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Svetlana Shvayko

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Valerian Vinogradov

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Mikhail Kislov

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Mikhail Chigaryov

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Gennadiy Malyshev

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