''Late for a Date'' (russian: Девушка спешит на свидание, Devushka speshit na svidanie; literally ''Girl in a hurry for a date'') is a Soviet

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directed by

Mikhail Verner Michael Evgenevich Verner (Russian - Михаил Евгеньевич Вернер; 1881–1941) was a Soviet film director and painter, notable as one of the founders and leaders of cinematography in Ukraine. He set his films both before and afte ...

. A new print was issued in 1987, completely redubbed.

Plot

Professor Leonid S. Fedorov and Nikolai Gurov, a cobbler at "Moskooppromsoyuza", both set off for the resort at

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. They have both left their passports at home and their wives both take them into the post-office to send them. The girl addressing the two envelopes is distracted by a phone conversation about a date and mistakenly sends the professor's passport to the cobbler and vice versa. After several comedic misunderstandings, the two men's wives arrive at the resort and clarify everything.

Cast

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- Professor Fyodorov *

Mikhail Rostovtsev Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsev (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Росто́вцев; – October 20, 1952), was a Russian historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works o ...

- Gurov *

Mariya Barabanova Mariya Pavlovna Barabanova (russian: Мария Павловна Барабанова) (November 3, 1911 in Saint Petersburg – March 7, 1993 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). Filmo ...

- mail delivery girl * Vera Streshneva - Gurov's wife *E. Pluta - Fyodorov's wife, Vera * Alexander Beniaminov - telegraphist *

Andrei Kostrichkin Andrei Aleksandrovich Kostrichkin (russian: Андрей Александрович Костричкин; 24 August 1901 – 28 February 1973) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1925 and 1971. Honored Artist of the RSF ...

* Iona Bij-Brodsky - doctor * Mikhail Rozanov - bootblack * Arnold Arnold - cameo * Eugene Golynchik *

Stepan Kayukov Stepan Yakovlevich Kayukov (russian: Степан Яковлевич Каюков; 1 August 1898 – 22 January 1960) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1949). Selected filmography * '' Golden Moun ...

- Fyodorov's colleague *

Irina Murzaeva Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the GITIS, Lunacharsky Theater College ...

- cameo * Georgy Georgiu * Erna Mashkevich - girl * Petr Hoffmann - cameo *

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- cameo

Sources

Late for a Date
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