The Man who Laughs

Synopsis

Dmitriy is a popular actor, a star of action films. The public loves him for his image of a macho with an impenetrable face. One day, Dmitriy receives an offer from a stern but very rich businessman from Siberia, Sergey, to star in a crime drama about the 90s in the lead role of a cold-blooded killer. Sergey offers Dmitriy's agent a fee 10 times higher than usual. They agree. During the filming, Dmitriy is accidentally wounded by a shot. After a simple operation, he is ready to return to the frame, but faces an unexpected side effect: now he constantly smiles, and any emotions are expressed with laughter. Dmitriy has no chance to stop filming and "upset" Sergey, who clearly knows firsthand what he is making a movie about.

Cast

Evgeny Tsyganov

Dmitry

Stepan Devonin

Dmitry's agent

Sergey Garmash

Sergey

Anastasiya Krasovskaya

Irina Pegova

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Andrey Tsyganov

Kirill Kaganovich

Boris Khvoshnyanskiy

Anton Eskin

Oleg Kamenshchikov

Evgeny Egorov

Yuliya Volkova

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Vladimir Politik

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Alyona Pavlova

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Maria Lunina

Aleksandr Panekin

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Irina Bolgova

Aleksandr Farber

Kristina Pirozhkova

Ramil Sabitov

Crew

Art

• Regina Akhmadullina Production Design
• Yuri Kovdiy Property Master
• Dmitry Nikitenko Assistant Production Design
• Anna Provotorova Assistant Property Master

Camera

• Maksim Koliganov Director of Photography
• Maxim Golubev Camera Operator
• Vladimir Politik Camera Operator
• Aleksandra Kizyun Camera Technician
• Aleksandra Kizyun Focus Puller
• Evgeniy Belozerov Camera Technician
• Evgeniy Belozerov Focus Puller
• Eduard Larin Camera Technician
• Eduard Larin Focus Puller
• Pavel Chuiko Dolly Grip
• Sergey Avdovin Steadicam Operator
• Igor Votintsev Steadicam Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Daria Sivakova Makeup & Hair
• Maria Motorova Costume Design
• Violetta Galaktionova Assistant Costume Designer
• Aleksey Smirnov Costumer
• Maria Turanova Makeup & Hair Assistant

Crew

• Oleg Bodyu Stunt Coordinator
• Bogdan Yanbakhtin Playback Coordinator
• Anton Andrienko Special Effects
• Ayhan Shinzhin Choreographer

Directing

• Vladimir Kott Director
• Stasya Muts First Assistant Director

Editing

• Dmitry Suvorov Editor

Lighting

• Kirill Trofimov Gaffer
• Ivan Berezhnov Lighting Technician
• Andrey Abramov Lighting Technician
• Ruslan Chastin Lighting Technician

Production

• Georgy Malkov Producer
• Anastasiya Somova Line Producer
• Yuliya Erokhina Casting Director
• Svetlana Zakharina Post Production Producer
• Sergey Stegniy Production Executive
• Ilya Aksenov Production Supervisor

Sound

• Garik Navasardyan Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Alexey Chintsov Original Music Composer
• Kirill Simakov Production Sound Mixer
• Garik Navasardyan Sound Supervisor
• Nikolay Yakovlev Sound Supervisor
• Nikolay Yakovlev Sound Effects Editor
• Nikolay Yakovlev Sound Designer
• Natalia Silkina Sound Editor
• Armen Mikaelyan Sound Editor
• Ivan Savelyev Foley
• Sergei Radzievsky Foley Recordist
• Victoria Bryanskaya ADR Recordist

Visual Effects

• Konstantin Meerov VFX Supervisor
• Konstantin Meerov Visual Effects Producer

Writing

• Vladimir Kott Co-Writer
• Evgeny Tsyganov Co-Writer
• Aleksandr Berezhnoy Writer
• Aleksandr Berezhnoy Creative Producer