''Hello, Fools!'' (russian: Привет, дуралеи!, Privet, duralei!) is a 1996 Russian

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

directed by

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satiriz ...

. The film is a fantastical melodrama and comedy.

Plot

Jura Kablukov is a cheerful, kind, but very unlucky man. He works as a cleaner of historical monuments in Moscow, together with his friend, Fedor, a folk craftsman, who is spoiled with women's attention. Kablukov is divorced and his ex-wife, Svetlana, a millionaire manager of a fashion agency, wants to evict him from their apartment. Some time ago Kablukov had a strange dream: he, Jura Kablukov, is the French jeweler Auguste Derulen, who lives with his wife, beautiful Polina in Moscow during the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

. On the eve of a search (equivalent to a brazen robbery) committed by "revolutionary" soldiers and sailors, Auguste and Polina hide gold and jewelry into a statue adorning the walls of their apartment. Soon an even more strange event comes to pass. Jura meets with Ksenia, a sweet and kind but very absentminded girl. Ksenia is losing vision catastrophically fast, and because of this, constantly lands into trouble. Ksenia is similar to the jeweler's wife out Jura's dream, and it soon becomes clear that she is a descendant of the Derulen family. Thus it appears that Jura's dream was prophetic; the events he experienced in the dream truly took place many years ago. On the advice of Fedor, Kablukov's experienced friend, the buddies begin to search for treasures that are still immured in the statue, which is located in Ksenia's apartment.

Cast

Tatyana Drubich Tatyana Drubich (born 7 June 1959) is a Russian film actress. She has appeared in 20 films since 1972. She starred in the 1974 film ''Sto dney posle detstva'', which was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the S ...

as ''Ksenia Zasypkina/Polina Derulen'' *

Slava Polunin Vyacheslav Ivanovich “Slava” Polunin PARAndrey Myagkov Andrey Vasilyevich Myagkov (russian: link=no, Андрей Васильевич Мягков; 8 July 1938 – 18 February 2021) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director and writer. He is best known for his roles in famous ...

) *

Tatyana Dogileva Tatyana Anatoliyevna Dogileva (russian: Татья́на Анато́льевна До́гилева; born 27 February 1957) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Meritorious Artist of Russia (1989), and People's Artist of Russia (2000) ...

as ''Svetlana, the former Jura Kablukov's wife, a millionaire'' *

Boris Shcherbakov Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Щербако́в; born 11 December 1949) is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985). ...

as ''Fedor, driver, gunner and folk craftsman'' * Alexander Schirvindt as ''leader of the Social-Socialist party, is a clear parody of both

Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as ...

and

Vladimir Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, ''né'' Eidelshtein (russian: link=false, Эйдельштейн) (25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) f ...

'' *

Olga Volkova Olga Volkova may refer to: * Olha Volkova (born 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier * Olga Volkova (actress) Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theatr ...

as ''ophthalmologist'' * Vyacheslav Kulakov as ''Tolik, Svetlana's driver'' *

Aleksandr Pashutin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pashutin (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пашу́тин; born January 28, 1943, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Selected f ...

as ''drunk revolutionary officer from Jura Kablukov's dream'' *

Andrey Smolyakov Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...

as ''Volodya, bodyguard'' *

Sergey Stepanchenko Sergei Yuryevich Stepanchenko (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Степа́нченко; born June 18, 1959 in Tatarsk, Novosibirsk Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, film director. People's Artist of the Russian Fed ...

as ''Stepan, bodyguard'' * Anatoliy Rudenko as ''Mitrofan, Jura Kablukov's son'' (acting debut) *

Ruslan Akhmetov Ruslan may refer to: * ''Ruslan'' (film), a 2009 film starring Steven Segal * Ruslan (given name), male name used mainly in Slavic countries, with list of people * Antonov An-124 ''Ruslan'', large Soviet cargo aircraft, later built in Ukraine an ...

as ''customer'' *

Alexey Buldakov Aleksey Ivanovich Buldakov PAR (russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Булдако́в) (26 March 1951 – 3 April 2019) was a Soviet and Russian movie actor.Kino-teatr.netBiography of Aleksey Buldakov Selected filmography * '' Throu ...

as ''foreman from Ukraine'' * Nikolai Garo as ''Ksenia Zasypkina's unlucky admirer'' * Nikita Pomerantcev as ''Ksenia Zasypkina's unlucky admirer'' *

Yan Tsapnik Yan Yurevich Tsapnik (russian: Ян Ю́рьевич Ца́пник; born 15 August 1968) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor. Yan appeared in more than 200 films. Biography Early life Yan Tsapnik was born in Irkutsk, Russian SFSR, Sov ...

as ''real estate agent'' *

as ''Nikolai Timofeyevich, director of the bookstore''

Facts

*The film was banned in Ukraine because Jan Tsapnik was declared as a danger to the country.

References

External links

* 1997 films 1996 romantic comedy films 1990s Russian-language films Russian romantic comedy films Films directed by Eldar Ryazanov {{Russia-film-stub