If I Were the Boss...

This comedy follows Fyodor Stepanovich, a manager at a construction company who is exhausted by his professional responsibilities. Upon discovering that he looks nearly identical to Petya, a subordinate worker, he learns that Petya has long desired his position. To alleviate his own workload, Fyodor Stepanovich agrees to let the other man take his place.

Produced by Mosfilm in the Soviet Union, the film was released on March 16, 1981, with a runtime of 80 minutes. It was directed by Albert Mkrtchyan, appearing first in a sequence of his directed works that includes A Legal Marriage from 1985 and The Touch from 1992. The screenplay was written by Aleksandr Borodyanskiy and Anatoly Eyramdzhan.