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?
Agnès Soral
as Nicole
Сергей Дрейден
as Nikolay Chizhov
Виктор Михайлов
as Gorokhov
Нина Усатова
as Vera
Кира Крейлис-Петрова
as Mother-in-law Gorokhov
Наталья Ипатова
as daughter Gorokhov
Виктор Гоголев
as Ivan Kouzmitch
Тамара Тимофеева
as Mariya Olegovna
Андрей Ургант
as Gulyaev
Jean Rupert
as Monsieur Prevost
Malka Ribowska
as Lady in black
Бернар Кассюс-Суланис
as Construction company agent
