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.
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatiana Kolomitseva | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Mart Taniel | Director of Photography |
| Production | Alexander Rodnyansky | Producer |
| Production | Ekaterina Filippova | Producer |
| Production | Katrin Kissa | Producer |
| Writing | Alexey Chupov | Screenplay |
| Production | Guillaume de Seille | Producer |
| Directing | Alexey Chupov | Director |
| Directing | Natalya Merkulova | Director |
| Editing | Vadim Krasnitsky | Editor |
| Writing | Natalya Merkulova | Screenplay |
| Crew | Andrey Sedov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Stanislav Krechkov | Production Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Sergey Shkreba | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Visual Effects | Jan Viljus | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Hendrik Proosa | VFX Artist |
| Sound | Florin Tăbăcaru | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Bartuli | Costume Design |
| Sound | Andrey Kurchenko | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Sergey Avstrievskikh | Production Design |
| Sound | Vladimir Pryamov | Sound |
| Sound | Aleksandr Fedenyov | Sound |
| Art | Margus Tamm | Graphic Designer |
