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While the Dream is Mad

1978Yuriy Gorkovenko

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Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. Petersburg, disguised, he pretends to be the ace Ivan Piramida. He has to perform at the festival, but he only knows how to fly "according to the books", but he manages not to lose face. After a lot of ups and downs associated with his similarity in makeup with a famous criminal, Yura confesses everything to his beloved and flies already under his real name.

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What is While the Dream is Mad (1978) about?

Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. Petersburg, disguised, he pretends to be the ace Ivan Piramida. He has to perform at the festival, but he only knows how to fly "according to the books", but he manages not to lose face. After a lot of ups and downs associated with his similarity in makeup with a famous criminal, Yura confesses…

Who stars in While the Dream is Mad?

While the Dream is Mad stars Nikolai Karachentsov, Lyubov Reymer, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov. The film was directed by Yuriy Gorkovenko.

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