Dzhentlmeny udachi

"An Inharmonious Comedy"

Dec 13 1971 TV-13 1h 28m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.

Plot

A kindergarten director Troshkin is a dead ringer for a criminal nicknamed "Docent" who stole the priceless headpiece of Alexander the Great during an archaeological expedition. But after militia "inputs" Troshkin into the criminal environment he has nothing left to do but to carefully play out the part of his "evil twin".

Written by

Georgiy Daneliya, Viktoriya Tokareva

Directed by

Aleksandr Seryy

Cast

Evgeniy Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin, Saveliy Kramarov

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
13,500
Average Rating
8.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA