Yury Kablukov, senior lecturer-philologist, had a nightmare from his past life where he was French eye specialist Derulen who worked in Moscow. As the revolution broke out he put his honestly earned money and family jewels of his Russian wife Polina into a hiding-place. And in his real life he gets acquainted with bookseller Ksenia whose sight is badly failing. Two lonely people set their hearts on each other but the dream came in between them since the girl turned out to be a grand-daughter of Derulen who really existed. The hypothetical incest becomes a hindrance to their happiness. —mosfilm
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union.
He was named a People’s Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.
Among his most famous films are Carnival Night (1955), Hussar Ballad (1962), Beware of the Car (1966), The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979), and A Cruel Romance (1984). Ryazanov’s main genre is tragicomedy.