Operatsiya 'Y' i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika (1965)

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

Director:

Leonid Gayday

Writers:

Leonid Gayday, Yakov Kostyukovskiy

Stars:

Aleksandr Demyanenko, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksei Smirnov

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksandr Demyanenko	...	Shurik
Mikhail Pugovkin	...	Construction director (segment "Naparnik")
Aleksei Smirnov	...	Fedya (segment "Naparnik") / Doubting person at market (segment "Operatsiya 'Y")
Vladimir Basov	...	Policeman (segment "Naparnik")
Emmanuil Geller	...	Passenger With Umbrella (segment "Naparnik")
Rina Zelyonaya	...	Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik")
Viktor Uralskiy	...	Cook (segment "Naparnik")
Guseyn Akhundov	...	Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") (as G. Akhundov)
Valentina Berezutskaya	...	Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik")
Svetlana Ageeva	...	(segment "Naparnik")
Natalya Seleznyova	...	Lida (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Vladimir Rautbart	...	Professor (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Viktor Pavlov	...	Dub (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Valeriy Nosik	...	The Gambler Student (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Georgiy Georgiu	...	Neighbour (segment "Navazhdeniye") (as V. Georgiu)

Storyline

The movie consists of 3 short movies, each about Shurik - a nerdy student.. 1. "Naparnik" ("Partner"). Shurik has a fight in a bus with a bully named Fedya because Fedya didn't want to allow a pregnant woman to take his place. Fedya is punished by community work at a construction site, where Shurik also works part-time. Of course, Fedya wants revenge... 2. "Navazhdenie" ("Strange Impression"). It's final exam time. Shurik (like other students) is very busy trying to find material to study. Suddenly he notices necessary material in someone's hands. Shurik follows this person all over the city reading over the shoulder, not even noticing who this person is and where they are going. Next day, after having met a beautiful girl, Shurik constantly has an impression that he's already seen her, visited her apartment etc... 3. "Operatsiya Y" ("Operation Y"). A depository director, trying to cover up embezzlement on his depository, hires 3 crooks to simulate robbery. The plan is to get there at...

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Plot Keywords:

russia | slapstick comedy | student | old lady | embezzlement | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

23 July 1965 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Filming Locations:

Komsomolskiy Prospekt, Moscow, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Segment "Obsession" was also edited into and black-and-white short film Navazhdeniye (1965), which was submitted to several film festivals and eventually won a Silver Dragon at Krakow Film Festival.

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Connections

Featured in Prozhektorperiskhilton: Til Schweiger (2010)

User Reviews

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.