General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.
Acting
Buldakov's General: a walking disaster in uniform
Writing
Rogozhkin's script finds poetry in pathetic men
Direction
Rogozhkin milks every awkward silence for gold
Director
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Aleksei Buldakov
генерал Иволгин, Михалыч
Viktor Bychkov
егерь Кузьмич
Semyon Strugachyov
Лёва Соловейчик
Ville Haapasalo
Райво
Sergey Russkin
Сергей Олегович
Andrey Krasko
Витёк
Olga Samoshina
дама в сарайчике
Aleksandr Zavyalov
слесарь
Denis Kirillov
мичман
Aleksandr Borisov
капитан
Sergey Gusinskiy
Семёнов
Vasiliy Domrachyov
прокурор
Mikhail Dorofeev
Юсси
Kirsi Tykkyläinen
Саара
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Rogozhkin's 'National' trilogy poking post-Soviet Russian masculinity; this one's the most beloved.
Ville Haapasalo, the Finnish actor, became a massive star in Russia after this—speaking almost no Russian in real life.
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