Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
A breezy, good-natured caper full of slapstick chases and silly misunderstandings, with a sweet romance at its heart.
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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
A playful, gag-filled romp where silly situations escalate into slapstick chases and gentle romance, always light and good-natured.
About 1965 Soviet film by Leonid Gaidai
Genres comedy, anthology
Directed by Leonid Gaidai
Written by Leonid Gaidai, Yakov Kostyukovsky, Moris Slobodskoy
Starring Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Vladimir Basov, Yevgeny Morgunov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Natalya Seleznyova, Zoya Fyodorova
Music Aleksandr Zatsepin
Runtime 90 min
Country Soviet Union
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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