''Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)'' (russian: Трое в лодке, не считая собаки, Troe v lodke, ne schitaya sobaki) is a 1979 Soviet two-part

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miniseries directed by

Naum Birman Naum Borisovich Birman (russian: Нау́м Бори́сович Би́рман; 1924—1989) was a Soviet director of theater and cinema, screenwriter. Cavalier of the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1986). He worked as an actor and director in ...

and based on the eponymous 1889 novel by

Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1889). Other works include the essay collections '' Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow'' (1886) an ...

Plot

Three friends: J, Harris and George, tired of idleness and wanting to correct their ill health, decide to go on a boat trip along the

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. Together they take the

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Montmorency. Before their journey, they agree to travel without females. But almost immediately on the road they meet three women going the same way as themselves: Anne, Emily and Patricia. First, the heroes try to keep their agreement, but then fall in love with these women and the women fall in love back with them. In the finale they are already three couples in love. In the final episode of the film it is understood that Jerome K. Jerome invented his friends and the whole story from loneliness.

Cast

* Andrei Mironov -

/ J. / Mrs. Baikli (1 series) / Uncle Podger (ibid.) / Innkeeper (2 series) / visitor to the inn (ibid.) * Alexander Schirvindt - Sir Samuel William Harris *

Mikhail Derzhavin Mikhail Mikhajlovich Derzhavin(russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Держа́вин; 15 June 1936, Moscow – 10 January 2018, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography Mikhail Mikhajlovich Derzhavin was born in the family ...

- George (voiced by Igor Efimov) *

Larisa Golubkina Larisa Ivanovna Golubkina (Russian: ''Лари́са Ива́новна Голу́бкина''; born 9 March 1940, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian actress. She entered the Moscow Musical School in 1955, graduating after four years, and the ...

- Anne *Alina Pokrovskaya - Emily *Irina Mazurkiewicz - Patricia *

Zinovy Gerdt Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt (russian: Зино́вий Ефи́мович Гердт, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (За́лман Афро́имович Храпино́вич); 21 September 1916 in Sebez ...

- the gravedigger (1 series) *Nikolai Boyarsky - 1st Grenadier (ibid.) *

Grigory Shpigel Grigory Oyzerovich Spiegel (russian: Григо́рий О́йзерович Шпи́гель; 24 July 1914 — 28 April 1981) was a Soviet and Russian actor and voice actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974). Biography He worked as a pleater at ...

- 2nd Grenadier (ibid.) *Yuri Katin-Yartsev - 3rd Grenadier (ibid.) *

Anna Lisyanskaya Anna Lisyanskaya born Hanna Hryhorivna Lysyanska (1 November 1917 - 2 December 1999) was a Ukrainian and Russian theater and film actress of Jewish origin. Early life and education Hanna Lysyanska was born on 1 November 1917 in Mykolaiv in a th ...

- the hostess of the salon, whom the performance of comic songs leaves without guests (ibid.) *George Shtil - mustachioed captain *

Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (russian: Татья́на Ива́новна Пе́льтцер; german: Tatjana Peltzer; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of t ...

- Mrs. Poppits, the landlady *

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s "Duke" and "Sin" - Montmorency

References

External links

Russian comedy films Soviet comedy films Soviet television miniseries Films based on works by Jerome K. Jerome 1970s television miniseries 1979 comedy films 1970s Russian-language films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub