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Bootleggers (1961 Film)
''Bootleggers'' or ''Moonshiners'' (russian: Самогонщики, Samogonshchiki) is a 1961 Soviet short comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. Plot summary The trio make moonshine alcohol in a hut hid in a forest. At work they sing about their moonshine still. Their dog takes a piece of it (a coiled condenser) and runs away. The trio chase the dog, using skis. In the end all of them run to the police department, where the bootleggers are arrested. Cast * Yuri Nikulin as The Fool * Georgy Vitsin as The Coward * Yevgeny Morgunov Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978 ... as The Pro * Vladimir Pitsek as strict militsiya officer * Dog Rex as Dog Barbos External links * * ''Bootleggers''at kinoros.ru 1961 comedy films 1961 films 1961 short films 1960s chase films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".Prokhorova, Elena, "The Man Who Made Them Laugh: Leonid Gaidai, the King of Soviet Comedy", in Beumers, Birgit (2008) ''A History of Russian Cinema'', Berg Publishers, , pp. 519–542 Early life and first success Gaidai was born on 30 January 1923 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast,Rollberg, Peter (2010) ''The A to Z of Russian and Soviet Cinema'', The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , pp. 235–8 where he is commemorated by a statue. His father Iov Isidorovich Gaidai came from a Ukrainian family of serfs of the Poltava Governorate. At the age of 22 he was sentenced to several years of katorga fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |