Karnavalnaya noch

Dec 29 1956 Not Rated 1h 18m
Comedy, Musical, Romance

It is the New Year's Eve and the employees of an Economics Institute are ready with their annual New Year's entertainment program. It includes a lot of dancing and singing, jazz band performance and even magic tricks. Suddenly, an announcement is made that a new director has been elected and that he is arriving shortly. Comrade Ogurtsov arrives in time to review and disapprove of the scheduled entertainment. To him, holiday fun has a different meaning. He imagines speakers reading annual reports to show the Institute's progress over the year, and, perhaps, a bit of serious music, something from the Classics, played by the Veterans' Orchestra. Obviously, no one wants to change the program a few hours before the show, much less to replace it with something so boring! Now everyone has to team up in order to prevent Ogurtsov from getting to the stage. As some of them trap Ogurtsov one way or another, others perform their scheduled pieces and celebrate New Year's Eve.

Plot

Employees of the House of Culture are preparing for the annual event - costumed Christmas carnival. The entertainment program includes solo, dance and circus acts, as well as performances of a jazz orchestra, a magician and clowns. Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov, appointed acting director of the House of Culture, having familiarized himself with the program, did not approve it, since, as he believes, everything must be done at a high level and thoroughly.

Written by

Boris Laskin, Vladimir Polyakov

Directed by

Eldar Ryazanov

Cast

Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
3,391
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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