Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?
Nicole

Nikolay Chizhov

Gorokhov

Vera

Mother-in-law Gorokhov

daughter Gorokhov

Ivan Kouzmitch

Mariya Olegovna

Gulyaev

Monsieur Prevost

Lady in black

Construction company agent
Sidorov
Deputy Director of 'Business Lyceum'

Petya Ivanov

Petrov - trumpeter

Major militsii

Police chief

Woman activist

Physical education teacher

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vigilant veteran

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slob on the tram

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Head of the French Communist Party

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