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Karnevaaliyö

Original title: Karnavalnaya noch
  • 1956
  • S
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Igor Ilyinsky and Mikhail Kheifits in Karnevaaliyö (1956)
ComedyDramaMusical

A new chief of a "Culture House" is planning to hold a terribly boring New Year concert. A group of young amateur actors are doing their best to liven up the concert.A new chief of a "Culture House" is planning to hold a terribly boring New Year concert. A group of young amateur actors are doing their best to liven up the concert.A new chief of a "Culture House" is planning to hold a terribly boring New Year concert. A group of young amateur actors are doing their best to liven up the concert.

  • Director
    • Eldar Ryazanov
  • Writers
    • Boris Laskin
    • Vladimir Polyakov
  • Stars
    • Igor Ilyinsky
    • Lyudmila Gurchenko
    • Yuri Belov
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Eldar Ryazanov
    • Writers
      • Boris Laskin
      • Vladimir Polyakov
    • Stars
      • Igor Ilyinsky
      • Lyudmila Gurchenko
      • Yuri Belov
    • 7User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top cast60

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    Igor Ilyinsky
    Igor Ilyinsky
    • Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov
    Lyudmila Gurchenko
    Lyudmila Gurchenko
    • Lena - Krylova
    • (as L. Gurchenko)
    Yuri Belov
    Yuri Belov
    • Grisha - Koltsov
    • (as Yu. Belov)
    Georgiy Kulikov
    Georgiy Kulikov
    • Usikov - Seryozha
    • (as G. Kulikov)
    Sergey Filippov
    Sergey Filippov
    • Lector - Comrade Nekadilov
    • (as S. Filippov)
    Olga Vlasova
    • Ramashkina - Adelaida Kuzminichna
    • (as O. Vlasova)
    Andrey Tutyshkin
    Andrey Tutyshkin
    • Bookkeeper - Fyodor Petrovich Mironov
    • (as A. Tutyshkin)
    Tamara Nosova
    Tamara Nosova
    • Tosya - Burygina, Ogurtsov's secretary
    • (as T. Nosova)
    Gennadi Yudin
    Gennadi Yudin
    • Conductor - of the Youth Orchestra
    • (as G. Yudin)
    Vladimir Zeldin
    Vladimir Zeldin
    • Clown - 'Top' Nikolay Sidorov
    • (as V. Zeldin)
    Boris Petker
    Boris Petker
    • Clown - 'Tip' Nikolayev
    • (as B. Petker)
    Valentin Bryleev
    Valentin Bryleev
    • Kostya - sound engineer
    • (as V. Bryleyev)
    Aleksey Polevoy
    Aleksey Polevoy
    • Eduard Nikiforov - illusionist magician
    • (as A. Polevoy)
    Semyon Khmelnitskiy
    • Telegin - City Council and Central Committee of Trade Union member
    • (as S. Khmelnitskiy)
    Antonina Smetankina
    • Aunt Dusya - cleaning woman
    • (as A. Smetankina)
    Vladimir Pitsek
    Vladimir Pitsek
    • Janitor
    • (as V. Pitsek)
    Feliks Yavorsky
    Feliks Yavorsky
    • Choir Club leader
    • (as F. Yavorskiy)
    Anatoliy Kirillov
    • Amateur participant
    • (as A. Kirillov)
    • Director
      • Eldar Ryazanov
    • Writers
      • Boris Laskin
      • Vladimir Polyakov
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Inna Ulyanova's debut.
    • Quotes

      Comrade Nekadilov, lecturer: We see one little star, two little stars. Better, of course, five little stars!

    • Connections
      Edited into Karnavalnaya noch 2, ili 50 let spustya (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Pyat minut
      Music by Anatoli Lepin

      Lyrics by Vladimir Lifshits

      Performed by Lyudmila Gurchenko

    User reviews7

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    Amazon has this title!
    If you have Prime, the movie is included. It's in Russian, which I do not understand, but the music and production make it 100% watchable. The print is pristine, too.

    Plot (from Wikipedia) It is New Year's Eve and the employees of a House of culture are ready with their annual New Year's entertainment program. It includes a lot of dancing and singing, jazz band performance and even magic tricks. Suddenly, an announcement is made that a new director has been appointed and that he is arriving shortly. Comrade Ogurtsov arrives in time to review and disapprove of the scheduled entertainment. To him, holiday fun has a different meaning. He imagines speakers reading annual reports to show the club's progress over the year, and, perhaps, a bit of serious music, something from the Classics, played by the Veterans' orchestra.

    Obviously, no one wants to change the program a few hours before the show, much less to replace it with something so boring! Now everyone has to team up in order to prevent Ogurtsov from getting to the stage. As some of them trap Ogurtsov one way or another, others perform their scheduled pieces and celebrate New Year's Eve.
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    • May 24, 2017

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1957 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Carnival Night
    • Filming locations
      • Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Mosfilm
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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