Egor Korshunov (40) is a Siberian forest guard who works in a local environmental company, fighting fearlessly against poachers in taiga. Egor is a great family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. Unexpectedly, Egor finds out that he has terminal cancer and has only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save Egor. Finally, left with no other options, he decides to take the last desperate step. He attempts to completely change his identity in order to fool the oncoming death, just like Zhamba the drake, the hero of a legendary ancient Siberian epos, did.
Unfortunately the movie The Man Who Surprised Everyone is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Camera | Mart Taniel | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatiana Kolomitseva | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Natalya Merkulova | Director |
| Directing | Alexey Chupov | Director |
| Writing | Alexey Chupov | Screenplay |
| Production | Ekaterina Filippova | Producer |
| Production | Katrin Kissa | Producer |
| Production | Guillaume de Seille | Producer |
| Production | Alexander Rodnyansky | Producer |
| Writing | Natalya Merkulova | Screenplay |
| Editing | Vadim Krasnitsky | Editor |
| Crew | Andrey Sedov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Stanislav Krechkov | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Florin Tăbăcaru | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Jan Viljus | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Hendrik Proosa | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Sergey Shkreba | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Art | Sergey Avstrievskikh | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Bartuli | Costume Design |
| Sound | Andrey Kurchenko | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vladimir Pryamov | Sound |
| Sound | Aleksandr Fedenyov | Sound |
| Art | Margus Tamm | Graphic Designer |
