Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

1967 · directed by Leonid Gaidai

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), directed by Leonid Gaidai, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Aleksandr Demyanenko
  • Natalya Varley
  • Yuriy Nikulin
  • Georgiy Vitsin
  • Yevgeni Morgunov
  • Vladimir Etush
  • Mher Mkrtchyan
  • Ruslan Akhmetov
  • Noy Avaliani
  • Nina Grebeshkova

Crew

  • Konstantin Brovin — Director of Photography
  • Valentina Yankovskaya — Editor
  • Aleksandr Zatsepin — Original Music Composer
  • Leonid Gaidai — Writer
  • Moris Slobodskoy — Writer
  • Yakov Kostyukovskiy — Writer

More from Leonid Gaidai

  1. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) — 81/100 · hit
  2. The Diamond Arm (1969) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965) — 80/100 · hit
  4. 12 Chairs (1971) — 79/100
  5. Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961) — 78/100 · short, not counted
  6. Bootleggers (1961) — 76/100 · short, not counted

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