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The Golden Calf

The Golden Calf

19688.02h 54m

Overview

A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.

Directed by Mikhail Shveitser
Written by Mikhail Shveitser, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov
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Top Cast

Sergei Yursky

Sergei Yursky

Ostap Bender

Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Shura Balaganov

Zinoviy Gerdt

Zinoviy Gerdt

Panikovsky

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Koreiko

Nikolai Boyarsky

Nikolai Boyarsky

Kozlevich

Svetlana Starikova

Svetlana Starikova

Zosya Sinitskaya

Pavel Vinnik

Pavel Vinnik

Berlaga

Mikhail Kokshenov

Mikhail Kokshenov

Sekretar

Konstantin Voinov

Konstantin Voinov

Skumbriyevich

Igor Yasulovich

Igor Yasulovich

Car Enthusiast

Themes & Keywords

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About The Golden Calf

The Golden Calf is a comedy film released in 1968 exploring themes of based on novel or book, crook, thief, 1930s. Directed by Mikhail Shveitser, it stars Sergei Yursky, Leonid Kuravlyov, Zinoviy Gerdt. A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.

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