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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

1965

1h 35m

7.5(525 votes)

Comedy

Overview

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.

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Mosfilm

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Shurik

Aleksei Smirnov

Aleksei Smirnov

Verzila (segment "Workmate") / buyer at the market (segment "Operation Y") (uncredited)

Mikhail Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin

foreman (segment "Workmate")

Vladimir Basov

Vladimir Basov

a stern policeman (segment "Workmate")

Natalya Seleznyova

Natalya Seleznyova

Lida (segment "Déjà vu")

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

«Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

«Trus» (segment "Operation Y")

Yevgeni Morgunov

Yevgeni Morgunov

«Byvalyy» (segment "Operation Y")

Vladimir Rautbart

Vladimir Rautbart

professor (segment "Déjà vu")

Viktor Pavlov

Viktor Pavlov

«Dub» (segment "Déjà vu")

Creative team

Directed by: Leonid Gaidai
Written by: Moris Slobodskoy
Yakov Kostyukovskiy

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