The Big Exchange
| The Big Exchange | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Менялы | |
| Directed by | Georgiy Shengeliya |
| Written by | Aleksey Timm |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Yakov Poselsky |
| Edited by | Vera Ostrinskaya |
| Music by | Georgi Movsesyan |
| Countries | Russia United States |
| Language | Russian |
The Big Exchange (Russian: Менялы) is a 1992 Russian-American comedy film directed by Georgiy Shengeliya.[1][2][3]
Plot
The film takes place in 1961, when the Soviet Union launched Gagarin into space, foreigners exchanged 1 American dollar for 65 Soviet kopecks, and two people, on the instructions of an underground millionaire, exchanged money for gold coins.[4]
Cast
- Vladimir Ilyin as Babaskin
- Andrey Ponomaryov as Dzhora Grakin
- Vadim Zakharchenko as Ignatyevich
- Yuri Gorin
- Valentina Telichkina as Zoya Aleksandrovna
- Oksana Mysina as Lenochka Grakina
- Renat Davletyarov as First persecutor
- Nail Idrisov as Second persecutor
- Oleg Durygin as Third persecutor
- Alla Meshcheryakova as Serafima Maksimovna[5]