Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom! (1975) (TV)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Eldar Ryazanov

Writers:

Emil Braginsky (writer)
Eldar Ryazanov (writer)

Release Date:

31 December 1975 (Soviet Union)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Years eve. Occasionally...

Plot Keywords:

New Year | Surrealism | St. Petersburg Russia

Cast

Andrei Miagkov	...	Zhenya
Barbara Brylska	...	Nadya
Yuriy Yakovlev	...	Ippolit
Aleksandr Shirvindt	...	Pavel, Zhenya's friend
Georgi Burkov	...	Misha, Zhenya's friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Liya Akhedzhakova	...	Nadya's friend
Aleksandr Belyavsky	...	Sasha, Zhenya's friend
Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya	...	Zhenya's mother
Olga Naumenko	...	Galya
Gotlib Roninson	...	Zhenya's neighbour at the airport
Eldar Ryazanov	...	Zhenya's neighbour in the plane
Lyubov Sokolova	...	Nadya's mother
Valentina Talyzina	...	Nadya's friend and Nadya's voice

Also Known As:

Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром! (Soviet Union: Russian title)
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (International: English title) (informal English title)

Runtime:

Soviet Union:192 min (2 parts) | Soviet Union:184 min (original release)

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Cheremushki, Moscow, Russia

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

The two apartment buildings on "3rd Constructors St., 25" which are supposed to be located in Moscow and Leningrad were actual buildings no. 125 and no. 113 on Vernadsky avenue in Moscow. They are only 700 meters apart. There is no "3rd Constructors St." neither in Moscow, nor in Leningrad / St. Petersburg.

Goofs:

Continuity: Nadya's phone changes its color. Most of the time it is red, however, in some scenes it is green.

Quotes:

[Zhenya has just come back from chasing Ippolit]
Zhenya: I tried to chase him down, but he drove away... He drives faster than I run.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Ironiya sudby. Prodolzhenie (2007)

Soundtrack:

Po ulitse moey

Wonderful love-story/comedy.

Okay, so I'm in love with Andrey Mjagkov, but all that aside, you've simply gotta love this movie. It's funny, it makes you feel good. Somewhat far-fetched plot (I won't give it away, just go watch it), but the acting is great, the directing is great, the music is great, the singing is great. Unlike most Russian movies it does not leave you with a sense of impending doom and in a state of utter depression. It will leave you with a whole new view of Russian film and Russian life (that's if you're not Russian and don't already have a very unique view). Watch it! Trust me!