Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
Directed by Leonid Gaidai
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Cast
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Shurik
Natalya Varley
Nina
Yuriy Nikulin
Balbes
Georgiy Vitsin
Trus
Yevgeni Morgunov
Byvalyy
Vladimir Etush
сomrade Saakhov
Mher Mkrtchyan
Dzhabrail
Ruslan Akhmetov
Edik
Noy Avaliani
hotel worker
Nina Grebeshkova
doctor
Mikhail Gluzskiy
hotel administrator
Emmanuil Geller
shashlychnik
Crew
Leonid Gaidai
Director
Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Writer
Leonid Gaidai
Writer
Moris Slobodskoy
Writer
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Original Music Composer
Konstantin Brovin
Director of Photography
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Leonid Derbenyov
Lyricist
Aida Vedishcheva
Songs
Yuriy Nikulin
Songs
Popular Reviews
69 reviews
Kartoffri
10.0★ · 11/18/25
Аминакойим
Аминакойим
Alex Nikonov
Has some of the best opening credits I’ve seen
Has some of the best opening credits I’ve seen
Makks
7.0★ · 05/18/25
I cry when I’m drunk too
I cry when I’m drunk too
seljan
6.0★ · 08/24/24
последняя сцена была нечто
последняя сцена была нечто
oce
5.7★ · 01/29/24
obviously the central plot of this is very dated but a lot of the slapstick comedy still holds up and overall i really enjoyed watching this! nina and the music were both very lovely as well!
obviously the central plot of this is very dated but a lot of the slapstick comedy still holds up and overall i really enjoyed watching this! nina and the music were both very lovely as well!
