The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Town". In a metaphorical and grotesque form, the film conveys the history of Russia from the calling of the Varangians until the end of the 20th century. The film traces the change of the “chiefs” of the county town of Glupov, which differ in varying degrees of tyranny and the corresponding total number of “killed” city residents. The heads of the city easily guess the former heads of the Russian state and the USSR.
as Clémentine de Bourbon
as Amalia Stockfisch
as Iraida Paleologova
as Anelka Lyadokhovskaya
as Pyotr Petrovich Ferdyshchenko
as Ugryum-Burcheyev
as Vasilisk Borodavkin
as Erast Grustilov
as Dementiy Brudastyy-Organchik
as Alyona Osipova
as Dmitriy Prokofyev
as Yevseich
as Baibakov
as Pfeifersha
as granddad
as man in the hat
as blissful woman Aksinyushka
as wacky man Paramosha
as wacky man Arkhipushko
as Voblushkin
as Bogdan Pfeifer
as narrator (voice)
