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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Leonid Gaidai

Synopsis

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.

Actors

Aleksandr Demyanenko
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Shurik
Mikhail Pugovkin
Mikhail Pugovkin
Construction director (segment "Naparnik")
Aleksei Smirnov
Aleksei Smirnov
Fedya (segment "Naparnik") / Doubting person at market (segment "Operatsiya 'Y")
Yuriy Nikulin
Yuriy Nikulin
"Dunce"
Georgiy Vitsin
Georgiy Vitsin
"Coward"
Yevgeni Morgunov
Yevgeni Morgunov
"Stager"
Natalya Seleznyova
Natalya Seleznyova
Lida (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Vladimir Basov
Vladimir Basov
Policeman (segment "Naparnik")
Vladimir Vladislavskiy
Vladimir Vladislavskiy
директор склада
Emmanuil Geller
Emmanuil Geller
Another man (segment "Naparnik")
Rina Zelyonaya
Rina Zelyonaya
Shurik's neighbour in the bus (segment "Naparnik")
Valentina Berezutskaya
Valentina Berezutskaya
(segment "Naparnik")
Vladimir Rautbart
Vladimir Rautbart
(segment "Navazhdeniye")
Viktor Pavlov
Viktor Pavlov
Student inventor (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Valeriy Nosik
Valeriy Nosik
Student gambler (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Georgi Georgiu
Georgi Georgiu
Professor (segment "Navazhdeniye")
Zoya Fyodorova
Zoya Fyodorova
aunt Zoya
Viktor Uralsky
Viktor Uralsky
Food-giver (segment "Naparnik")
Guseyn Akhundov
Guseyn Akhundov
(segment "Naparnik") (as G. Akhundov)
Svetlana Ageeva
Svetlana Ageeva
(segment "Naparnik")
Vladimir Gulyaev
Vladimir Gulyaev
милиционер, новелла Напарник
Natalya Gitserot
Natalya Gitserot
dog walker
Sergey Zhirnov
Sergey Zhirnov
student
Viktor Zozulin
Viktor Zozulin
Kostya
Mariya Kravchunovskaya
Mariya Kravchunovskaya
old lady
Nikolai Kazakov
Nikolai Kazakov
student (uncredited)
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Gaidai
convict (uncredited)
Ivan Turchenkov
Ivan Turchenkov
convict (uncredited)
Viktor Geraskin
Viktor Geraskin
convict (uncredited)
Vladimir Udalov
Vladimir Udalov
convict (uncredited)
Nina Delektorskaya
Nina Delektorskaya
bus passenger (uncredited)
Igor Surovtsev
Igor Surovtsev
student

Crews

Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Gaidai
Director
Moris Slobodskoy
Moris Slobodskoy
Writer
Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Writer
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Gaidai
Writer
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Original Music Composer
Konstantin Brovin
Konstantin Brovin
Director of Photography
Valentina Yankovskaya
Valentina Yankovskaya
Editor
Artur Berger
Artur Berger
Production Design
Viktor Babushkin
Viktor Babushkin
Sound Designer
Vyacheslav Leshchyov
Vyacheslav Leshchyov
Sound Designer
Konstantin Savitskiy
Konstantin Savitskiy
Costume Designer
Pyotr Feller
Pyotr Feller
Production Director
Aleksandr Makarov
Aleksandr Makarov
Set Decoration
Albert Ivanov
Albert Ivanov
Script Editor
Anatoliy Stepanov
Anatoliy Stepanov
Script Editor
Vladimir Vasilyev
Vladimir Vasilyev
Conductor
Yuriy Egorov
Yuriy Egorov
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Mukhin
Aleksandr Mukhin
VFX Artist
Nikolai Renkov
Nikolai Renkov
Visual Effects Camera
N. Mityushkin
N. Mityushkin
Makeup Designer
Ivan Dolzhikov
Ivan Dolzhikov
Assistant Director
Olga Gerts
Olga Gerts
Assistant Director
A. Golovanov
A. Golovanov
Assistant Director
Leonid Blokh
Leonid Blokh
Stunt Coordinator

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