The Bonus (1974)
The Bonus (1974)
A small construction team led by Potapov suddenly refuses to receive a bonus payment from their company for exceeding performance targets. The team accuses its construction company HQ with artificially reducing the targets, so they can be easily exceeded. It makes the management looks good, yet leads to frequent downtime reducing earnings for common construction workers even with fake bonuses. On a hastily organized meeting the management tries to subdue the "unruly" gang leader charging that he cannot know all details. It turned out that Potapov and his team prepared a detailed business analysis, which proved their point. Managers, who had different interests and positions, have to decide how to deal with the real problem leading to unexpected results.

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Cast

Evgeni Leonov Evgeni Leonov As: Vasily Potapov, gang leader
Vladimir Samoylov Vladimir Samoylov As: Pavel Batartsev, managing director
Oleg Yankovskiy Oleg Yankovskiy As: Lev Solomakhin, Communist party boss at the company, second-in-command
Mikhail Gluzskiy Mikhail Gluzskiy As: Boris Shatunov, head of planning department
Nina Urgant Nina Urgant As: Dina MIlenina, economist
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Storyline

A small construction team led by Potapov suddenly refuses to receive a bonus payment from their company for exceeding performance targets. The team accuses its construction company HQ with artificially reducing the targets, so they can be easily exceeded. It makes the management looks good, yet leads to frequent downtime reducing earnings for common construction workers even with fake bonuses. On a hastily organized meeting the management tries to subdue the "unruly" gang leader charging that he cannot know all details. It turned out that Potapov and his team prepared a detailed business analysis, which proved their point. Managers, who had different interests and positions, have to decide how to deal with the real problem leading to unexpected results.


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Details

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Language: Pусский

Release Date: 01 January 1974

Country: SU

Runtime: 85m

Company Credits

Company: Lenfilm

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Cast

Evgeni Leonov

Evgeni Leonov

Vasily Potapov, gang leader

Vladimir Samoylov

Vladimir Samoylov

Pavel Batartsev, managing director

Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

Lev Solomakhin, Communist party boss at the company, second-in-command

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Boris Shatunov, head of planning department

Nina Urgant

Nina Urgant

Dina MIlenina, economist

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Григорий Фроловский

Viktor Sergachyov

Viktor Sergachyov

Roman Lyubaev, safety engineer

Leonid Dyachkov

Leonid Dyachkov

Victor Chernikov, division manager

Boryslav Brondukov

Boryslav Brondukov

Alexander Zyubin, foreman

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Alexandra, hoistman

Aleksandr Pashutin

Aleksandr Pashutin

Oleg Kachnov, gang leader

Michael Semyonov

Michael Semyonov

Tolya Zharikov, concrete worker, team's komsomol leader

Directed By

Sergei Mikaelyan

Sergei Mikaelyan

Director

V. Tomakh

V. Tomakh

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

T. Mileant

T. Mileant

Costume Design

L. Ryzhova

L. Ryzhova

Makeup Artist

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Vladimir Chumak

Vladimir Chumak

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Mikhail Ivanov

Mikhail Ivanov

Production Design

Boris Burmistrov

Boris Burmistrov

Production Design

Other Crew

M. Gerasimov

M. Gerasimov

Scenic Artist

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