Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Original title: Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika

1967
TV-13
1h 22m

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Evgeniy Morgunov, Yuriy Nikulin, Natalya Varley, Georgiy Vitsin, and N. Chelishcheva in Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)

A young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, ... Read allA young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he's done.A young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he's done.

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Aleksandr Demyanenko

Shurik

Natalya Varley

Nina

Vladimir Etush

Comrade Saakhov

Frunzik Mkrtchyan

Dzhabrail

Ruslan Akhmetov

Edik

Yuriy Nikulin

Balbes

Georgiy Vitsin

Trus

Evgeniy Morgunov

Byvalyy

Noy Avaliani

Rabotnik gostinitsy
(as N. Avaliani)

Emmanuil Geller

Shashlichnik
(as E. Geller)

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Administrator gostinitsy
(as M. Gluzskiy)

Nina Grebeshkova

Doktor
(as N. Grebeshkova)

Georgiy Millyar

Gostepriimnyy khozyain s rogom
(as G. Millyar)

Donara Mkrtchyan

Zhena dzhabraila
(as D. Mkrtchyan)

Pyotr Repnin

Glavvrach psikhbolnitsy
(as N. Repnin)

Aleksey Stroev

Alyosha
(as A. Stroyev)

Nadezhda Rumyantseva

Nina
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mikhail Sodorskiy

Gost
(uncredited)

Director
- Leonid Gaidai
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Trivia
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.

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

Quotes
Coward: Life, as they say, is good!
Experienced: but the good life is even better!

Connections
Featured in Osennyaya pastoral (1971)

Soundtracks
Pesenka o medvedyakh
(A Song about Bears)
Music by Aleksandr Zatsepin
Lyrics by Leonid Derbenyov
Performed by Aida Vedishcheva

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10/10

Probably the best Soviet comedy.

Probably the best Soviet comedy, loved by all Russians, be they now capitalists, communists, nationalists or whatever. Star actors of our cinema. Many lines have become sayings in Russian. The Caucasus of the Soviet times, gone forever... 10/10.