What a Mess!

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What a Mess!

1995

2h 23m

6.5(68 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A Russian crook steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue.

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Cast & Crew

76 members

Acting

Валерий Гаркалин

Vasiliy Krolikov / Innokentiy Shniperson / Roman Almazov / Patrick Crolikow

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Вера Алентова

Carol Abzats / Zemfira Almazova / Lusiena Krolikova / Whitney Crolikow

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Инна Чурикова

Praskov'ya Krolikova

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Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան

Kozyulski

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Игорь Угольников

Piskunov Jean-Paul Nikolayevich

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Сергей Баталов

Lieutenant

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Ролан Быков

Brilliant's buyer

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Леонид Куравлёв

USA ambassador

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Любовь Полищук

Jennifer, Ambassador's wife

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Олег Ефремов

Nikolay Grigoryevich

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Олег Табаков

Sukhodrishchev

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Александр Ворошило

Kozma

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Нонна Мордюкова

Registry Office Worker

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Сергей Арцибашев

Registry Office Worker

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Евгений Весник

Doctor

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Евгений Герчаков

Director of the Orchestra

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Аркадий Коваль

TV Announcer

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Евгений Александров

Reporter

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Ирина Апексимова

Step performer

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Валерий Николаев

Step performer

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Валерий Афанасьев

Geologist Anatoliy Ivanov

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Сергей Габриэлян

Geologist Ravil Beliletdinov

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Татьяна Кравченко

Geologist Bronislava Rosenbaum

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Юрий Чернов

Suitcase carrier

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Владимир Гусев

General

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Геннадий Матвеев

General

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Борис Сморчков

General

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Юрий Кузьменков

man with a goat

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Лев Борисов

Mafiosi

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Виктор Гайнов

Mafiosi

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Иван Мартынов

Mafiosi

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Сергей Рубан

Mafiosi

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Александр Панкратов-Чёрный

Ambassador's bodyguard

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Михаил Кокшенов

Ambassador's bodyguard

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Инна Кара-Моско

Carol's friend

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Nina Alisova

Meloman

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Всеволод Санаев

Meloman

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Анатолий Кузнецов

Father

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Владимир Меньшов

Russian President

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Алексей Булдаков

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Марина Голуб

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Алексей Якубов

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Елена Бушуева-Цеханская

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Александр Никитченко

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О. Пучкова

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Александр Рыжков

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Пётр Меркурьев

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Людмила Великая

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Ольга Стрельцова

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Виктор Ельцов

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Т. Чудотворцева

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Ира Давыдова

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Наташа Давыдова

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Lyudmila Larionova

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Вячеслав Соловьев

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Екатерина Кроль

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Анатолий Калмыков

Unknown Role

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Максим Глотов

(uncredited)

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Павел Ремнёв

(uncredited)

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Sound

Timur Kogan

(uncredited)

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Клавдия Козлёнкова

(uncredited)

Directing

Андрей Звягинцев

journalist (uncredited)

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Олег Кожемякин

(uncredited)

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Леонид Александров

(uncredited)

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Ирина Бородулина

(uncredited)

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Александр Горбачёв

(uncredited)

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Ирина Давыдова

(uncredited)

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Владимир Ширяев

(uncredited)

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Евгений Кулешов

(uncredited)

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Лев Гужновский

(uncredited)

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Любовь Руденко

(uncredited)

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Юлия Живейнова-Феррара

(uncredited)

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Сергей Лабырин

(uncredited)

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Вячеслав Ушанов

(uncredited)

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Андрей Туник

(uncredited)

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Сергей Ершов

(uncredited)

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