A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...
Unfortunately the movie A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Arnold Vitol | Writer |
| Directing | Igor Usov | Director |
| Writing | Sergei Mikhalkov | Theatre Play |
