Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika

The censors of Goskino had decided to prevent the film's release but Leonid Brezhnev, who was sworn in as the Soviet president less than a year before, saw the film and expressed his fondness for Leonid Gaidai's work. Due to Brezhnev's appreciation, the censors reconsidered their initial decision and the movie was officially released.

When the kidnappers are running through the forest chased by a wild bear, the bear has a leather collar around its neck.

Featured in Osennyaya pastoral (1971)