A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

Timothy Dalton
as Boris Pochenko

Fran Drescher
as Joy Miller

Michael Lerner
as Jerry Miller

Ian McNeice
as Ira Grushinsky

Patrick Malahide
as Leonid Kleist

Lisa Jakub
as Katrina Pochenko

Tamara Mello
as Consuela

Phyllis Newman
as Judy Miller

Heather DeLoach
as Masha Pochenko

Adam LaVorgna
as Karl Pochenko