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Director:
Mikhail Shvejtser
Writers:
Ilya Ilf (novel)
Yevgeni Petrov (novel)
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Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Meet Ostap Bender. Meet Sergei Yursky - the greatest Bender of all. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Sergei Yursky ... Ostap Bender
Leonid Kuravlyov ... Shura Balaganov
Zinoviy Gerdt ... Panikovsky
Evgeni Evstigneev ... Koreiko
Svetlana Starikova ... Zosya Sinitskaya
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nikolai Boyarsky ... Adam Kozlevich
Mikhail Kokshenov
Pavel Pavlenko ... Funt
Pavel Vinnik ... Berlaga
Konstantin Voynov ... Skumbriyevich
Igor Yasulovich ... Car Enthusiast
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Золотой телёнок (Soviet Union: Russian title)
The Golden Calf
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Runtime:
174 min
Country:
Soviet Union
Language:
Russian
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Mosfilm more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Ostap Bender: What kind of a profession is it anyway, the son of Lieutenant Schmidt? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "12 stulyev" (1977) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Meet Ostap Bender. Meet Sergei Yursky - the greatest Bender of all., 31 January 2005
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Author: Rodion_Raskolnikov from Russia.

Sergei Yursky is without any doubt the best Ostap Bender ever. Archil Gomiashvilly though was really good (best Bender in the 12 Stulyev films) Sergei is still the best. Bo one else portrayed Bender as he did. Perefect acting.

It is strange that Zolotoi Telenok (a sequel) was made earlier than 12 Stulyev. Though there are some moments which might be boring and too long the film, which is almost 3 hours long is really easy to watch. It is so light and funny and at the same time depicts all problems of socialism. It is a satire actually. I still can not understand how the book got released and the film got made in USSR when free speech was.... well nonexistent.

Perfect example of how it is easy to achieve greatness without a lot of resources, money I mean.

Though Kuravlev in his early years is worse than his later works (eg Afonya) he is still a great actor, and the rest of the cast is unforgettable. (I talked about Yurski in the beginning).

There is a remake coming soon with Menshikov as Ostap, though he is a good actor he can no way be better than Yurski. I will watch the remake but I doubt it will become a classic as this one.

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