The Bonus
Премия
Synopsis
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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Evgeni Leonov
Vasily Potapov, gang leader
Vladimir Samoylov
Pavel Batartsev, managing director
Oleg Yankovsky
Lev Solomakhin, Communist party boss at the company, second-in-command
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Boris Shatunov, head of planning department
Nina Urgant
Dina MIlenina, economist
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Grigoriy Frolovskiy
Viktor Sergachyov
Roman Lyubaev, safety engineer
Leonid Dyachkov
Victor Chernikov, division manager
Boryslav Brondukov
Alexander Zyubin, foreman
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Alexandra, hoistman
Aleksandr Pashutin
Oleg Kachnov, gang leader
Mikhail Semyonov
Tolya Zharikov, concrete worker, team's komsomol leader
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Sergey Mikaelyan
- Screenplay & Story
- Aleksandr Gelman
- Original Title
- Премия
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Production Studios
- Lenfilm
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Sergey Mikaelyan
Aleksandr Gelman, Aleksandr Bessmertniy
Vladimir Chumak
Olga Amosova
Oleg Gumberto
Department Leadership Roster
Aleksandr Gelman
Screenplay
Sergey Mikaelyan
Director
Vladimir Chumak
Director of Photography
Tatyana Mileant
Costume Design
Boris Burmistrov
Production Design
Mikhail Ivanov
Production Design
Olga Amosova
Editor
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What is The Bonus about?
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.
Who directed The Bonus?
The Bonus was directed by Sergey Mikaelyan.
Who stars in The Bonus?
The principal cast of The Bonus includes Evgeni Leonov, Vladimir Samoylov, Oleg Yankovsky, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Nina Urgant.
When was The Bonus released and how long is it?
The Bonus was released in 1975 with a total runtime of 1h 25m.