Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

1967 · 82 min · RU · 7.6 (304 votes)
Dir. Leonid Gaidai · Starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Varley, Yuriy Nikulin, Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov, Vladimir Etush · Music Aleksandr Zatsepin
Comedy

Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.

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A whimsical Soviet romp where earnest romance meets absurd schemes. Expect charming characters, catchy tunes, and a delightful satire of societal pressures, all wrapped in a vibrant, retro aesthetic.

wittycharminglightheartedromanticsatiricalsteadySoviet-era comedymusical numbersslapstickquirkylovesocial commentaryculture clashabsurdity
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