The Big Exchange () is a 1992 Russian-American comedy film directed by Georgiy Shengeliya.

Plot

The plot centers on the 1961 monetary reform in the Soviet Union, which involved denomination of all currency 10:1; conspicuously, the copper kopecks (1/100 of a ruble) were excluded from the exchange due to the expense of re-minting them, effectively becoming 10 times as valuable. The protagonists of the movie are tasked by a Soviet government functionary (who is also a secret millionaire) to enact a get-rich scheme which involves them touring the country and exchanging the old paper banknotes, soon to be on their way out, for small copper coins. The film then deals with their misadventures on the road.

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Cast

Vladimir Ilyin as Babaskin

Andrey Ponomaryov as Dzhora Grakin

Vadim Zakharchenko as Ignatyevich

Yuri Gorin

Valentina Telichkina as Zoya Aleksandrovna

Oksana Mysina as Lenochka Grakina

Renat Davletyarov as First persecutor

Nail Idrisov as Second persecutor

Oleg Durygin as Third persecutor

Alla Meshcheryakova as Serafima Maksimovna

References

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1992 films

1990s Russian-language films

Russian comedy films

American comedy films

Films set in 1961

Films set in Crimea

Films set in the Soviet Union

1992 comedy films

1990s American films

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