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Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures

Original title: Operatsiya 'Y' i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika
  • 1965
  • TV-G
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
14K
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Evgeniy Morgunov, Yuriy Nikulin, and Georgiy Vitsin in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
ComedyCrimeDrama

Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.

  • Director
    • Leonid Gaidai
  • Writers
    • Leonid Gaidai
    • Yakov Kostyukovskiy
    • Moris Slobodskoy
  • Stars
    • Aleksandr Demyanenko
    • Mikhail Pugovkin
    • Aleksei Smirnov
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Leonid Gaidai
    • Writers
      • Leonid Gaidai
      • Yakov Kostyukovskiy
      • Moris Slobodskoy
    • Stars
      • Aleksandr Demyanenko
      • Mikhail Pugovkin
      • Aleksei Smirnov
    • 13User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
    Aleksandr Demyanenko and Natalya Seleznyova in Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

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    Aleksandr Demyanenko
    Aleksandr Demyanenko
    • Shurik
    Mikhail Pugovkin
    Mikhail Pugovkin
    • Construction director (segment "Naparnik")
    Aleksei Smirnov
    Aleksei Smirnov
    • Fedya (segment "Naparnik")…
    Vladimir Basov
    Vladimir Basov
    • Policeman (segment "Naparnik")
    Emmanuil Geller
    Emmanuil Geller
    • Passenger With Umbrella (segment "Naparnik")
    Rina Zelyonaya
    Rina Zelyonaya
    • Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik")
    Viktor Uralskiy
    Viktor Uralskiy
    • Cook (segment "Naparnik")
    Guseyn Akhundov
    • Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik")
    • (as G. Akhundov)
    Valentina Berezutskaya
    Valentina Berezutskaya
    • Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik")
    Svetlana Ageeva
    Svetlana Ageeva
    • (segment "Naparnik")
    Natalya Seleznyova
    Natalya Seleznyova
    • Lida (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    Vladimir Rautbart
    Vladimir Rautbart
    • Professor (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    Viktor Pavlov
    Viktor Pavlov
    • Dub (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    Valeriy Nosik
    Valeriy Nosik
    • The Gambler Student (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    Georgiy Georgiu
    Georgiy Georgiu
    • Neighbour (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    • (as V. Georgiu)
    Natalya Gitserot
    Natalya Gitserot
    • Neighbour (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    • (as N. Gitserot)
    Zoya Fyodorova
    Zoya Fyodorova
    • Aunt Zoya (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    • (as Z. Fyodorova)
    Lyudmila Kovalets
    Lyudmila Kovalets
    • (segment "Navazhdeniye")
    • (as L. Kovalets)
    • Director
      • Leonid Gaidai
    • Writers
      • Leonid Gaidai
      • Yakov Kostyukovskiy
      • Moris Slobodskoy
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    • Trivia
      The casting started on 1 June 1964. Searching for the protagonist proved to be the most difficult. Leonid Gaidai looked for someone like himself and over 100 actors auditioned, including Oleg Vidov, Vsevolod Abdulov, Vitali Solomin, Evgeny Petrosyan, Sergey Nikonenko, Evgeniy Zharikov, Gennadi Korolkov, Ivan Bortnik, Valeriy Nosik (who appears in the movie in a smaller role), Aleksandr Zbruev and Andrey Mironov was in talks. The art committee recommended Nosik although Leonid Gaidai himself had doubts. After incidentally seeing a picture of Aleksandr Demyanenko, Gaidai left for Leningrad on 11 July for personal talks that proved to be successful. Demyanenko later said, "I realized the film was bound to be a success as soon as I read the script of 'Operatsiya Y'. No films like that were made in the USSR at the time."
    • Quotes

      The Coward (segment Operatsiya Y): Tell us, please, this action... or... to put it better... operation...

      The Booby (segment Operatsiya Y): Y. Operation Y.

      S.D. Petukhov, Warehouse Director (segment Operatsiya Y): Why Y? Why Y?

      The Booby (segment Operatsiya Y): So that no one could guess.

      S.D. Petukhov, Warehouse Director (segment Operatsiya Y): Idiot!

    • Alternate versions
      Segment "Obsession" was also edited into and black-and-white short film Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965), which was submitted to several film festivals and eventually won a Silver Dragon at Krakow Film Festival.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Other Day 1961-2003: Our Era: Namedni 1965 (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Postoy, parovoz
      Performed by Yuriy Nikulin and Georgiy Vitsin

    User reviews13

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    Great, most amusing soviet film.
    It is one of those 'must' soviet films that any educated man should see. Most talented actors, really cleverly made script and all, and also containing many words and phrases that got into lexicon. Nikulin as always geniusely acts both the facial expressions in the song "Postoy Porovoz", and the ones in other scenes (like the fight with Shurik). I could say that the song alone is enough to watch it, even for those who did not directly experience that kind of life, it would still cause a sense of cheerful nostalgy. Morgunov - also one of the most talented and known soviet actors, for those who ever liked him - it is most definitely one of his best pictures. Few more can be said, I mean - just watch it.
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    • michael_palin
    • Oct 26, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 16, 1965 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Official site
      • Mosfilm (Russia)
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Operation Laughter
    • Filming locations
      • Moscow State University, Vorobievy Hills, Moscow, Russia
    • Production company
      • Mosfilm
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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