Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Also known as Operation Laughter, Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 Soviet film by Leonid Gaidai
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7.5The 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.
Released: 1965-08-1695 minDir: Leonid GaidaiComedy
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Cast
- Aleksandr Demyanenko as Shurik
- Aleksei Smirnov as Verzila (segment "Workmate") / buyer at the market (segment "Operation Y") (uncredited)
- Mikhail Pugovkin as foreman (segment "Workmate")
- Vladimir Basov as a stern policeman (segment "Workmate")
- Natalya Seleznyova as Lida (segment "Déjà vu")
- Yuriy Nikulin as «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
Themes
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Article
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Russian: Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика, romanized: Operatsiya «Yery» i drugiye priklyucheniya Shurika) is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin and Yevgeny Morgunov. The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate" (Напарник, Naparnik), "Déjà vu" (Наваждение, Navazhdeniye) and "Operation Y" (Операция «Ы»). 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.
It was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.