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Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Russian: Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика) - (Operatsiya „Y“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika) is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin and Yevgeny Morgunov. The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate" (Напарник, Naparnik), "Déjà vu" (Наваждение, Navazhdeniye) and "Operation Y" (Операция „Ы“). The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.
Original Release
08/16/1965
US Release
11/11/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aleksandr Demyanenko | Shurik |
Mikhail Pugovkin | Construction director (segment "Naparnik") |
Aleksei Smirnov | Doubting person at market (segment "Operatsiya 'Y") / Fedya (segment "Naparnik") |
Vladimir Basov | Policeman (segment "Naparnik") |
Emmanuil Geller | Passenger With Umbrella (segment "Naparnik") / Another man (segment "Naparnik") |
Rina Zelyonaya | Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") / Shurik's neighbour in the bus (segment "Naparnik") |
Viktor Uralskiy | Cook (segment "Naparnik") / Food-giver (segment "Naparnik") |
Guseyn Akhundov | Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") / (segment "Naparnik") (as G. Akhundov) |
Valentina Berezutskaya | Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") / (segment "Naparnik") |
Svetlana Ageeva | (segment "Naparnik") |
Directors
Writers
Leonid Gaidai, Yakov Kostyukovskiy, Moris Slobodskoy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aleksandr Demyanenko | Shurik |
Mikhail Pugovkin | Construction director (segment "Naparnik") |
Aleksei Smirnov | Doubting person at market (segment "Operatsiya 'Y") / Fedya (segment "Naparnik") |
Vladimir Basov | Policeman (segment "Naparnik") |
Emmanuil Geller | Passenger With Umbrella (segment "Naparnik") / Another man (segment "Naparnik") |
Rina Zelyonaya | Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") / Shurik's neighbour in the bus (segment "Naparnik") |
Viktor Uralskiy | Cook (segment "Naparnik") / Food-giver (segment "Naparnik") |
Guseyn Akhundov | Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") / (segment "Naparnik") (as G. Akhundov) |
Valentina Berezutskaya | Bus Passenger (segment "Naparnik") / (segment "Naparnik") |
Svetlana Ageeva | (segment "Naparnik") |
Natalya Seleznyova | Lida (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Vladimir Rautbart | Professor (segment "Navazhdeniye") / (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Viktor Pavlov | Dub (segment "Navazhdeniye") / Student inventor (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Valeriy Nosik | The Gambler Student (segment "Navazhdeniye") / Student gambler (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Georgiy Georgiu | Neighbour (segment "Navazhdeniye") / Professor (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Natalya Gitserot | Neighbour (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Zoya Fyodorova | Aunt Zoya (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Lyudmila Kovalets | (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Sergey Zhirnov | Petya (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Viktor Zozulin | Kostya (segment "Navazhdeniye") |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pyotr Feller | Producer |