A donkey invades Soviet domestic bliss. Bureaucracy crumbles. Chaos reigns.
In an ordinary Soviet apartment, where an ordinary Soviet family lives, suddenly ... the donkey breaks in. All attempts to expel the animal end in vain. Neither the police, nor the veterinary service, nor even the local hooligan can help. And only the ubiquitous film-goers, who needed an animal for filming a movie, manage to put the donkey out of the apartment.
Acting
Lev Durov's escalating desperation is pure comedic gold.
Writing
Satire sharper than Soviet bread lines.
Director
Viktor Titov
Evgeniya Glushenko
Roman's Wife
Lev Durov
Roman Ivanovich Dolgorukov
Leonid Markov
Director Georgy Sergeevich
Yevgeni Morgunov
Neighbor
Natalya Varley
Professor's Wife
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Professor
Ilya Rutberg
Research Institute Employee
Vladimir Basov
Disinfector
Nikolai Parfyonov
Housekeeper
Yuriy Prokhorov
Kapitan Prokhorov
Vladimir Korovkin
Fyodorov - Senior Lieutenant
Vladimir Makhov
patron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Titov made this during Brezhnev's stagnation era, when Soviet audiences craved any satire of institutional incompetence.
The donkey was reportedly better behaved than half the human cast, causing only one on-set 'incident' involving a rug.
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