''Peculiarities of National Politics'' (russian: Особенности национальной политики, Osobennosti natsionalnoi politiki) is a 2003

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 ...

directed by

Dmitry Meskhiev Dmitry Dmitriyevich Meskhiev (russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Месхиев, born 31 October 1963) is a Russian film director. His 2004 film ''Our Own (2004 film), Our Own'' won the Golden George at the 26th Moscow International Fil ...

and Yuri Konopkin.

Plot

General Ivolgin is ready to go into big politics. High ratings of the unknown opponent confuse the competitors. They try to unravel the secret of the general's popularity and are taking steps to discredit him and even attempt to murder the general.

Cast

* Alexey Buldakov – General Ivolgin *Viktor Bychkov – Huntsman Kuzmich *Sergei Gusinsky – Sergeant Semyonov *Semyon Strugachov – Lyova Soloveychik *Alexandr Tyutrumov – Kislyuk *

Nina Usatova Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (russian: Ни́на Никола́евна Уса́това; born October 1, 1951, Altai Krai) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography She graduated from high school n ...

– Inna Usman *Sergei Russkin – Sergei Olegovich *Alexandr Polovtsev – Ilyusha *Viktor Sergeev – Viktor Sergeevich * Mikhail Porechenkov – Vanya * Yury Kuznetsov – Stepan Nikolaevich *

Anna Kovalchuk Anna Leonidovna Kovalchuk (russian: Анна Леонидовна Ковальчук; born 15 June 1977) is a Russian actress. The winner of the prize for the presentation of the image of "good character" in the international legal Festival "La ...

– TV host * Konstantin Khabensky – Gosha *

Andrei Zibrov Andrei Yurievich Zibrov, russian: link=no, Андрей Юрьевич Зибров; 5 July 1973, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian actor. He has acted on stage on Lensovet Theatre. Selected filmography Film *'' Women's Property'' (1999) as Kostya ...

– Venya *Mikhail Trukhin – Lyola

Production

Director of the previous films in the ''Peculiarities of National...'' series, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, wrote the screenplay for the picture, but declined to direct.

was then chosen as director, but because of financial reasons the production was stalled and later Yuri Konopkin finished the picture Most of the film was shot in

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

References

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{{Peculiarities of National... Russian comedy films Films directed by Dmitry Meskhiev 2003 comedy films 2003 films Russian sequel films