It so happens that peaceful kindergarten teacher is incredibly similar to the terrible villain who stole the helmet of Alexander the Great. And villain's accomplices are unexpectedly similar to children - they also need love and care.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Evgeniy Leonov | ... | Evgeni Ivanovich Troshkin; «Dotsent» San Sanich Belyi | |
| Georgiy Vitsin | ... | Khmyr / Sad Sack | |
| Radner Muratov | ... | Vasily Alibabayevich / Ali-Baba | |
| Saveliy Kramarov | ... | Fedya Yermakov / Cross Eyes | |
| Natalya Fateeva | ... | Lyudmila, archeologist's daughter | |
| Erast Garin | ... | Nikolai Grigorevich Maltsev, archeologist | |
| Nikolay Olyalin | ... | Colonel Verchenko (as N. Olyalin) | |
| Anatoliy Papanov | ... | Chess Player in Hotel | |
| Pavel Shpringfeld | ... | Cloakroom attendant | |
| Lyubov Sokolova | ... | Kindergarten Principal | |
| Oleg Vidov | ... | Lieutenant Vladimir Slavin | |
| Aleksey Vanin | ... | The old thief | |
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Natalya Vorobyova | ... | Elena |
| Zoya Vasilkova | ... | Dvornichikha | |
| Galina Mikeladze | ... | (as G. Mikeladze) | |
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A kindergarten director Troshkin is a dead ringer for a criminal nicknamed "Docent" who stole the priceless headpiece of Alexander the Great during an archaeological expedition. But after militia "inputs" Troshkin into the criminal environment he has nothing left to do but to carefully play out the part of his "evil twin". Written by John Isaak <zardock@geocities.com>
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13 December 1971 (Soviet Union) See more »Also Known As:
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Fedya Yermakov: Trrrr. I guess there are snakes here.
Khmyr: What snakes?
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("New Year Song")
Music by Gennadiy Gladkov
Lyrics by Igor Shaferan
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"Dotsent" is a common Russian academic title, roughly corresponding to "Professor" in the USA. The plot of a timid ordinary citizen being mistaken for a hardened criminal and becoming involved in catching the crooks goes back in US film history at least to John Ford's The Whole Town's Talking (1935), a comedy-drama that starred Edward G. Robinson in a similar dual role. See more »Goofs
When they are playing in the snow in front of the dacha, the fake tattoos come off and smudges of ink are visible on the fake Docent's torso. None of the criminals seem to notice. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Fedya Yermakov: Trrrr. I guess there are snakes here.
Khmyr: What snakes?
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Novogodnyaya pesenka("New Year Song")
Music by Gennadiy Gladkov
Lyrics by Igor Shaferan
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Aleksandr Sery's "Dzhentlmeny udachi" ("Gentlemen of Fortune" in English) is one of those movies whose purpose is to be silly. Yevgeny Leonov plays a kindergarten director who get hired to pose as the leader of a criminal gang to find out the location of a stolen helmet. I understand that Sery had previously been in jail, and so he knew what the jail scenes should look like. But mostly, the movie consists of over-the-top acting and a couple of scenes that made me think "Wait...what?!" Some of the cast members also starred in Leonid Gayday's 1967 comedy "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style" (one of the zaniest movies that I've ever seen). Basically, any one of these movies is a good time. You're sure to love it.
PS: Savely Kramarov (Fedya) eventually moved to the US where he appeared in movies such as "Moscow on the Hudson".