Overview

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.

Cast

Evgeni Leonov, Vladimir Samoylov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Nina Urgant, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Viktor Sergachyov, Leonid Dyachkov

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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.

When was "The Bonus" released?

The Bonus was released in 1974.

Who stars in "The Bonus"?

The cast includes Evgeni Leonov, Vladimir Samoylov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Mikhail Gluzskiy.