Gentlemen of Fortune
Gentlemen of Fortune | |
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Directed by | Aleksandr Sery |
Written by | Georgiy Daneliya Viktoriya Tokareva |
Starring | Yevgeny Leonov Georgy Vitsin Savely Kramarov Radner Muratov |
Cinematography | Georgi Kupriyanov |
Edited by | M. Renkova |
Music by | Gennady Gladkov |
Distributed by | Mosfilm |
Release date | 13 December 1971 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Box office | 65.02 million tickets |
Gentlemen of Fortune (Russian: Джентльмены удачи, romanized: Dzhentlmeny udachi) is a 1971 Soviet crime comedy film, filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Sery. The stars of the film include famous Soviet actors such as Yevgeny Leonov, Georgy Vitsin, Savely Kramarov and Radner Muratov.
The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1972, drawing 65.02 million box office admissions.[1]
Plot summary[]
The movie follows the story of an amiable kindergarten principal named Troshkin who looks exactly like a cruel criminal nicknamed Dotsent (Доцент, literally associate professor) that has stolen Alexander the Great's helmet at an archaeological excavation. Dotsent and his gang are caught by police, but Dotsent is imprisoned in a different jail than his mates. Since Troshkin looks identical to Dotsent, the police send him undercover to prison with the real criminals to get information about the stolen helmet. He must pretend to be the real felon Dotsent, so in order to be convincing, Troshkin, a well-educated and good-natured man, has to learn slang and manners of criminals.
Cast[]
- Yevgeny Leonov as Yevgeny Ivanovich Troshkin and Beliy (Dotsent)
- Georgy Vitsin as Gavrila Sheremetev (Sad Sack)
- Savely Kramarov as Fedya Yermakov (Cross Eyes)
- Radner Muratov as Vasily Alibaba
- Erast Garin as professor Maltsev, archeologist
- Natalya Fateyeva as Lyudmila, professor's daughter
- Oleg Vidov as Lieutenant Slavin
- Nikolay Olyalin as Colonel Verchenko
- Anatoli Papanov as chess player in hotel
- Lyubov Sokolova as kindergarten principal
- Pavel Shpringfeld as Prokhorov the cloakroom attendant in theater, criminal (partly voiced by Viktor Fainleib)
- Aleksei Vanin as reformed criminal (voiced by Oleg Mokshantsev)
- Zoya Vasilkova as Masha the sweeper woman
- Roman Filippov as Nikola (Nicky) of Peter (vulgar name for Saint-Petersburg), brutal guy in jail
- Anatoli Yabbarov as Mityai, criminal
Production[]
The film was directed by Aleksandr Sery who had just come out of prison. Georgiy Daneliya assisted him and wrote the script. Sery used his prison experience to design many situations in the movie, and he also introduced numerous expressions from Russian criminal slang (known as fenya).[2]
References to other films[]
The film references Three Poplars in Plyushchikha. In one scene, the Sad Sack says: "We are sitting here like three poplars in Plyushchikha!" – when the three prison escapees are sitting in an empty sports stadium. After this film, the phrase "Like three poplars in Plyushchikha" became a famous quote.
References[]
- ^ "Лидеры проката". KinoKultura (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ^ "Джентльменский набор" "Джентльменов удачи". Segodnya (in Russian). 169 (921). 2001-08-01. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
External links[]
- Russian-language films
- 1970s crime comedy films
- 1971 comedy films
- 1971 films
- 1971 in the Soviet Union
- Cross-dressing in film
- Films about criminals
- Films about lookalikes
- Films scored by Gennady Gladkov
- Films set in Moscow
- Films set in prison
- Films set in the Soviet Union
- Films set in Uzbekistan
- Films shot in Moscow
- Films shot in Uzbekistan
- Mosfilm films
- Films set around New Year
- Russian crime comedy films
- Russian films
- Soviet crime comedy films
- Soviet films