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An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.
Aleksandra Lisyutina
- Gorbunkov's Daughter
- (as Sashenka Lisyutina)
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- TriviaWhen Leonid Gaidai presented the film to the censors, he added a nuclear explosion footage into the epilogue, and refused to remove it, and only agreed after an extensive argument. This allowed him to sneak in some controversial (by the USSR's measures) material such as striptease, drunken debauchery and references to prostitution.
- GoofsThe first part of the film takes place in what is supposed to be Turkey. But the streets are filled with signs in Arabic script, which Turkey does not use.
- Quotes
Mystery man: Hey, buddy, do you have a cigarette?
[Gorbunkov stutters]
Mystery man: What are you, deaf-mute?
Semyon Gorbunkov: [immediately, very clearly and distinctly] Yes!
- Crazy creditsThe summary of the first part of the movie, written in an extremely small and blurry font, races through the screen in a matter of two seconds.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Other Day 1961-2003: Our Era: Namedni 1969 (1997)
- SoundtracksOstrov Nevezeniya
("The Island of Bad Luck")
Music by Aleksandr Zatsepin
Lyrics by Leonid Derbenyov
Performed by Andrey Mironov
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non-Russians need not bother
This movie was never intended for foreign audiences. It is simply way too Russian (or too Soviet, actually) to be funny for anyone not familiar with the realities of local life. Most of the real comedy comes from Mironov and Papanov, who play hilarious villains on the track to recover stolen jewels, mistakenly put into Nikulin's arm cast. Russian-speaking audiences will enjoy Papanov's one-of-a-kind "Ukrainian" accent, but the jokes are too ethnic for anyone else to understand. Nikulin (a circus clown turned great comic actor) isn't particularly believable in an unfamiliar role of a good guy (his characters usually also were drunken and hilarious crooks), but turns in an adequate performance. Mironov is at his usual fast-talking, silly self, and Papanov is a riot. Mordyukova steals several scenes in a small role of a house superintendant, a towering woman with a thunderous voice. Overall, a terrific Soviet comedy, the kind they simply don't make anymore.
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- Sep 17, 1999
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