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Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998. ...

, producer = Vladimir Klimenko , writer =

Leonid Zorin Leonid Genrikhovich Zorin (russian: Леонид Генрихович Зорин; 3 November 1924 – 31 March 2020) was an Azerbaijani playwright. He was born in Baku, Soviet Union, and studied at Azerbaijan University and at the Maxim Gorky Lite ...

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Mark Minkov Mark Anatolievich Minkov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Минков; 25 November 1944 – 29 May 2012) was a Soviet / Russian music composer. His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films. ...

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Vladimir Shevtsik Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukra ...

, editing = Tamara Belyayeva , released = 1979 , studio=

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...

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Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

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Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

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Plot

The film tells about a swindler who went to the world of science and achieved success in it. Having settled in the Institute of Ancient Culture, he easily cheated all kinds of members of the academic council, defended his dissertation and became director.

Cast

Georgy Burkov Georgi Ivanovich Burkov (russian: Гео́ргий Ива́нович Бурко́в; 31 May 1933 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on 19 July 1990 at the age of 57 ...

as Gordey Petrovich Kabachkov *

Tatyana Vasileva Tatyana Grigoryevna Vasilyeva (russian: Татья́на Григо́рьевна Васи́льевa; born 28 February 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, and TV presenter. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1 ...

as Iraida Yaroslavna * Nikolay Volkov Sr. as Yaroslav Borisovich Grebeshkov *

Vladimir Zeldin Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin (russian: Владимир Михайлович Зельдин; 10 February 1915 – 31 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. A centenarian, he was among the longest-serving stage performers an ...

as Yevgeny Vitaliev * Viktor Sharlakhov as Arkady Anyutin *

Larisa Pashkova Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly modern regions of Greece, region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capit ...

as Sychova * Yuri Leonidov as Philip Kolesnitsyn * Aleksandr Safronov as Lozhkin *

Valentina Telichkina Valentina Ivanovna Telichkina (russian: Валенти́на Ива́новна Тели́чкина; born January 10, 1945) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2009). Biography Valentina ...

as Nadezhda Pavlovna, Grebeshkov's secretary, Kabachkov's former lover *

Yuri Gusev Yuri Semyonovich Gusev (born September 25, 1921 – ?) is a USSR, Soviet Chess, chess player and was a Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1951). He is also a former Broadcast engineering, radio engineer. Gusev peaked with a classical Elo rating ...

as Mitrofan Tikhodonsky * Veronika Izotova as Kabachkov's secretaryKind Men (1979) Full Cast / Crew
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Valentin Nikulin Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin (russian: Валенти́н Ю́рьевич Нику́лин; 7 July 1932, Moscow — 6 August 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor. Nikulin was born in the family of the playwright ...

as Orest Ivanovich Muzhesky

References

External links

* {{Karen Shakhnazarov 1979 films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet comedy films 1979 comedy films Films directed by Karen Shakhnazarov 1979 directorial debut films Soviet films based on plays