New Year is a family holiday, when almost everyone has a lot of free time. One of the most affordable ways to spend an evening with your family is to watch a good movie. Since this is a family holiday, you can also nostalgia. For example, pay attention to the rating of Soviet comedies, which we cited in this article. The best films of the Soviet Union, capable of raising your spirits, energizing and positive in a minute, are worthy of your attention. In this article we will talk about some of the most famous and cult ribbons.
1. "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath"
The rating of Soviet comedies, especially New Year's ones, is always headed by Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath”, which was released in 1976.
This is a story about four friends who, according to tradition, go to the bathhouse every year on December 31. Once again they get drunk. One of the friends needs to fly to Leningrad, but instead, a single surgeon, Yevgeny Lukashin, is sent to the city on the Neva.
Lukashin comes to a standard new building. The key to his apartment in Moscow comes to the keyhole of the Leningrad apartment. Without knowing it, he intrudes into the life of the teacher Nadia, who is waiting for her fiancé Hippolytus on New Year's Eve.
2. "Gentlemen of Fortune"
This detective comedy by Alexander Sery became the leader of the Soviet film distribution in 1972. More than 65 million viewers watched it.
The best actors of his time - Evgeny Leonov, Savely Kramarov, Georgy Vitsin, starred in this picture.
At the center of the story is a gang of criminals who in Central Asia steal a golden helmet from an archaeological site. Soviet police are able to track them down, but it turns out that there wasn’t any kidnapped.
The head of the expedition, Professor Maltsev in Moscow, accidentally meets on the street the head of the kindergarten, Yevgeny Troshkina, who turns out to be one-on-one similar to the leader of the gang Alexander Bely. For the sake of returning a priceless historical find, they organize a risky plan: in Bely Prison they exchange him for Troshkin, who arranges for his wards to escape, going with them in search of stolen value.
In the comedy "Gentlemen of Fortune," Evgeny Leonov played two roles at once. He played both the head of the kindergarten and the seasoned criminal. By the way, George Danelia had a direct relationship to the creation of this picture, who called his participation the artistic leadership. The director remained Gray. Danelia, in turn, helped in writing the script, received approval for the shootings from Goskino, took an active part in the filming of the tape and the selection of actors.
Despite the fact that even the police reacted well to the film, due to the abundance of prison slang vocabulary, its rental was slowed down until the picture received the approval of Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev.
3. In the time of Ivan the Terrible
Despite the fact that Mikhail Bulgakov’s main novel, The Master and Margarita, was banned in the USSR, his other works were printed and even filmed. For example, Leonid Gaidai’s science fiction comedy “Ivan Vasilievich Changes the Profession” is based on the play by Bulgakov, which was called “Ivan Vasilievich”.
According to Bulgakov, engineer Timofeev invents a time machine, with the help of which he finds himself in Moscow in the 16th century. As a result, Ivan the Terrible is in modern Moscow, and his namesake Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha, together with the recidivist Georges Miloslavsky, is sent to govern the country.
This comedy was expected to become the leaders of the Soviet film distribution in 1973. Until now, she is engaged in the first lines in the rating of Soviet comedies. In addition to the fascinating scenario, the success of the film was ensured by a brilliant acting team led by Alexander Demyanenko, Yuri Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlev, Savely Kramarov, Natalya Selezneva, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Vladimir Etush.
It is interesting that in this comedy one of the main characters immediately plays two roles. Yakovlev plays both Tsar Ivan the Terrible and Bunshu's housekeeper.
4. "Operation" Y "and other Shurik adventures"
Leonid Gaidai made another cult comedy. In it, the main role was played by Alexander Demyanenko, who became one of the most popular Soviet comedic artists of the 60-70s.
The film "Operation Y" and other adventures of Shurik "in 1965 consists of three short stories, united by the main characters - a rustic, but never discouraging student, Shurik, who seeks to earn extra money at every opportunity.
In the first short story called "Partner" Shurik moonlighting at a construction site. A hooligan Fedya is sent to help him, who is serving an administrative arrest for a fight in a bus. By the way, he got into an unpleasant story just because of the main character.
Fedya decides to declare a real war for Shurik, but he not only withstands all the attacks, but also finds a way to confront the bully, punish him and teach a lesson.
In the novel “Obsession”, the viewer faces a romantic story of the relationship between Shurik and student Lida, who are preparing for a difficult exam. As a result of an absurd accident, the protagonist first spends time in the girl’s apartment, not even suspecting it, as he is keen on reading abstracts. When he already consciously gets to know her, gets into her apartment for the second time, he is overcome by the feeling of deja vu. Everything around him seemed surprisingly familiar to him, although he was quite sure that he had never been here.
In the third short story, which gave the name of the whole comedy, Shurik guards the warehouse. He will have to confront a gang of crooks who are hired by the stealing warehouse manager to withstand the audit.
5. Coward - Dunce - Experienced
The three comedic characters that the hero meets in the previous comedy also appear in Gaidai’s film "Prisoner of the Caucasus", which Soviet viewers saw in 1966. This is the second film where Shurik is again the main character.
This time he is a folklorist student who comes to the Caucasus to study ancient rites and customs as part of industrial practice. In these beautiful places, he meets a charming girl Nina, who comes on vacation to her uncle Jabrail. He, working as a driver for a local party functionary, sells the girl as a wife for a refrigerator and a herd of sheep.
With this consent of the bride no one is going to receive. By tradition, they decide to organize the abduction of the bride, to which Shurik, who managed to fall in love with the girl, is also attracted.
6. Benefit of Yuri Nikulin
In the ranking of Soviet comedies, there is always a place for one of the most popular films in the history of Soviet cinema. This is the story of Semyon Gorbunkov, played by Yuri Nikulin. From a foreign trip, he arrives with a broken arm, becoming an involuntary accomplice in the crime of smugglers.
After the comedy The Diamond Arm, Nikulin became one of the most revered Soviet comedians. The image of Gorbunkov haunted him for a long time.
In addition to Nikulin, the main roles in the film are played by Anatoly Papanov, Andrey Mironov, Nina Grebeshkova, Nonna Mordyukova. Phrases from this comedy, as well as from many other successful films, almost immediately spread to the people for quotes that remain popular until now.
Several generations of our compatriots have been observing the confrontation between Gorbunkov and the gang of desperate smugglers.
7. "It can't be!"
It is worth recognizing that almost all successful Soviet comedies were shot by Leonid Gaidai. The picture "It can not be!" 1975 was no exception. This time, the director again turned to the genre of several short stories, but now he did not begin to unite them with cross-cutting characters. Each one looks like a separate piece. All of them are based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko.
The first novel, Crime and Punishment, tells of the store manager Gorbushkin, who lives on unearned income. He is summoned to the prosecutor's office, he is sure that his fraud is uncovered. Therefore, he begins to hastily sell off property, even divorces his wife so that she does not suffer for his deeds.
In the novel "Funny Adventure", viewers witness a real "love polygon." The lover’s husband turns out to be her lover’s lover, and the lover’s friend’s neighbor in the communal apartment turns out to be his wife’s lover. All six heroes suddenly intersect together. It will not be easy for them to get out of this situation.
Finally, in the novel "Wedding Event", the protagonist decides to get married just a few days after meeting a girl. They know each other so badly that at the wedding he does not recognize her.
8. On distant planets
Most of the events of the fantastic comedy "Kin-dza-dza!" takes place on the distant planet Pluk.
As a result of an accident, Violinist and Uncle Vova are on it. They are trying with all their might to return back. The surrounding reality is surprising and unrealistic, but the social structure of society painfully resembles what is happening in their home country.
9. "Office Romance"
If the “Irony of Fate” among domestic viewers is strongly associated with the New Year, then Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy “Office Romance” - from March 8. On this holiday, she must be shown.
The main characters of this picture are the divorced and shy statistician Novoseltsev and his callous boss Lyudmila Prokofievna. A real romance erupts between them.