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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
"Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika" (original title)

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In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksandr Demyanenko ...
Natalya Varley ...
Ruslan Akhmetov ...
Edik
Yuriy Nikulin ...
Georgiy Vitsin ...
Evgeniy Morgunov ...
Vladimir Etush ...
Frunze Mkrtchyan ...
Nina's uncle (as Frunzik Mkrtchyan)
Nina Grebeshkova ...
doctor
Mikhail Gluzskiy ...
Hotel clerk
Georgiy Millyar
Emmanuil Geller
Pyotr Repnin
Noy Avaliani ...
(as N. Avaliani)
Donara Mkrtchyan ...
(as D. Mkrtchyan)
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In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the local deceitful governor. All the time Shurik thinks that it is all just a one old Caucasian custom. When he, finally, realizes what he did he goes out in search for the girl of his dreams. Written by Ptah Hoteb <ptah_@hotmail.com>

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3 April 1967 (Soviet Union)  »

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Kidnapping Caucassian Style  »

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RUR 25,313 (estimated)
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1.37 : 1
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Quotes

Nina's uncle: And I want a free tour ticket.
comrade Saakhov: To Siberia!
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Followed by Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) See more »

Soundtracks

"Esli b ya byl sultan"
("If I Was a Sultan")
Music by Aleksandr Zatsepin
Lyrics by Yakov Kostyukovskiy and Moris Slobodskoy
Performed by Yuriy Nikulin (solo), Georgiy Vitsin and Evgeniy Morgunov
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A really nice, good comedy.
3 February 2004 | by (Chisinau, Moldova) – See all my reviews

It's one of the best films I've ever seen. A really nice, good, old comedy. It's a real 10. Same good as "Operatziya Y"


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