A Soviet family pranks a nosy writer into thinking they're all gangsters. Chaos ensues.
A writer who wants to see and display the life of an ordinary bourgeois settles in the house. Having learned about the true goals of the guest, the family members decide to play a prank on him, making him believe that a gang of crooks and gangsters is hiding in the depths of the "quiet family".
Practical Effects
Elaborate family-wide cosplay as criminals, no budget needed.
Direction
Les Tanyuk's snappy staging of theatrical insanity.
Director
Les Tanyuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a popular 1960s Soviet musical play, this TV adaptation captured the era's affection for gentle mockery of bourgeois pretensions.
Valentina Sperantova, playing the mother, was already a beloved Soviet actress—her casting signaled this was prestige television, not mere fluff.
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