The Zavyalov Weirdos

Sep 24, 1979

★ 9.0

Overview

A film anthology featuring three stories: 1) “The Capron Christmas Tree” - Two men and a city dandy, courting a village girl, return home on New Year’s Eve, with the dandy’s nylon Christmas tree gift offending the men. 2) “A Ticket for the Second Showing” - Timofey, an elderly village swindler, regrets his life and prays to Saint Nicholas for a second chance. 3) “The Version” - A rural braggart recounts his city adventure with a restaurant manager, challenging disbelievers to join him on a repeat trip.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Lenfilm

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Cast

Павел (роман «Капроновая ёлочка»)

Ivan Krivoruchko

Фёдор (роман «Капроновая ёлочка»)

Mikhail Kokshenov

Нюра (роман «Капроновая ёлочка»)

Natalya Nazarova

снабженец (роман «Капроновая ёлочка»)

Viktor Pavlov

снабженец (роман «Капроновая ёлочка»)

Aleksandr Sokolov

Тимофей (роман «Билетик на второй сеанс»)

Vladimir Kashpur

Полина Тепляшкина (роман «Билетик на второй сеанс»)

Maya Blinova

тесть (роман «Билетик на второй сеанс»)

Georgiy Teykh

Ермолай (роман «Билетик на второй сеанс»)

Vitaliy Matveyev

инвалид (роман «Билетик на второй сеанс»)

Nikolay Solodilov

инвалид/собеседник Саньки (роман «Билетик на второй сеанс»/«Версия»)

Yury Shepelev

Санька Журавлёв (роман «Версия»)

Valeriy Zolotukhin

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