The Bat

Mar 4, 1979

2h 21m

★ 5.8

Overview

Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to his wife. He tells her that he is going to prison but actually he goes to the ball. His story arises the suspicion of his wife. His wife devises a plot to catch her womanizing husband.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Lenfilm

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Cast

Eisenstein

Yuriy Solomin

Rosalinde

Lyudmila Maksakova

Adele

Larisa Udovichenko

Dr. Falke

Vitali Solomin

Alfred

Oleg Vidov

Frank

Igor Dmitriev

Prinz Orlofsky

Yuri Vasilyev

Prosecutor

Yevgeni Vesnik

Amalia

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova

Lotte

Olga Volkova

Lesnichi

Sergei Filippov

Frosch

Ivan Lyubeznov

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