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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

19657.51h 35m

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.

Directed by Leonid Gaidai
Written by Moris Slobodskoy, Yakov Kostyukovskiy, Leonid Gaidai
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Top Cast

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Шурик

Mikhail Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin

прораб, новелла «Напарник»

Aleksei Smirnov

Aleksei Smirnov

Федя, «Напарник» / недовольный покупатель, «Операция «Ы»

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

«Балбес»

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

«Трус»

Yevgeni Morgunov

Yevgeni Morgunov

«Бывалый»

Natalya Seleznyova

Natalya Seleznyova

Лида, новелла «Наваждение»

Vladimir Basov

Vladimir Basov

суровый милиционер, новелла «Напарник»

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

директор торговой базы, новелла «Операция «Ы»

Emmanuil Geller

Emmanuil Geller

пассажир автобуса №13, новелла «Напарник»

Themes & Keywords

fightexamthief1950s

About Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures is a comedy film released in 1965 exploring themes of fight, exam, thief, 1950s. Directed by Leonid Gaidai, it stars Aleksandr Demyanenko, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksei Smirnov. 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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