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Gentlemen of Fortune
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About 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Seryj
Genres drama, comedy, crime, mystery
Directed by Aleksandr Seryj
Written by Georgiy Daneliya, Viktoriya Tokareva
Starring Yevgeny Leonov, Anatoli Papanov, Georgy Vitsin, Savely Kramarov, Oleg Vidov, Erast Garin, Lyubov Sokolova, Nikolay Olyalin
Music Gennady Gladkov
Runtime 86 min
Country Soviet Union
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