Armand
a comedy with many virtues - the director, the script, the performance of Yuri Nikulin, the dialog and the wise manner to critic the Soviet regime. part from a long and precious Russian comedies, it seduce first for Gayday courage. because the fake crime story is a precise fresco of society. and the dialogs reflects in great measure that "sin". than, it is a deep human comedy, the small incorrect details , the use of innocence and, maybe, the end, does it a form of parable , more than satire. a film for each age, beautiful and fresh, full of emotion and laughter. an old fashion Russian film. who can reminds, in a crazy period, the importance of small real important ingredients of life.
alexmsq
That is the words of that song:http://www.miditext.ru/lyrics/ru/02/rabits.html Sings Nikulin itselfAlso it is not usual to foreigners that curse: Live by the one salary!Usually salaries in USSR was not very large that time. Many people had 2 or 3 salaries on 2-3 workplaces to have tolerable income.Also house-managers had function of paparazzi, informers and Party organization mans. And the distribution of State Lottery tickets was not mandatory but strongly recommended. State possessed credits from people that way.And in 1961 currency reform was realized. Money had been denominated by 10:1. So 500 rubles by old and new (money) were totally different sums.
avalsonline
Do you know where i can possibly find the lyrics to the song sang by Nikulin at the restaurant while he was drunk. The song about the rabbits cutting the magic grass. If anybody knows a website where i can get the lyrics, preferably in Russian, please inform me, thank you. Also if anybody knows the writer or the original performer of the song, that would be helpful too. As far as the movie goes i loved it. A great Russian movie, a real classic. pulls no punches even in the time when USSR and US were conflicting nations. You do have to have command of the Russian language and be a little aware of the social situations at this time in history.
