This week you should see those two masterpieces of the Soviet comedy genre, which are still aired up to this date on every major TV channel at least twice a year.
Operation Y and Shurik’s Other Adventures / Operacya “Y” i drugie prikluchenia Shirika / Операция “Ы” и другие приключения Шурика (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
iMDB Rating: 8.6 out of 10 (based on 11048 ratings)
Director: Leonid Gaidai
Starring: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksei Smirnov
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles
Description
Three stories about Shurik – a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams – he lives after all.
Watch
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style / Kavkazskaya Plennica / Кавказская пленница (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
iMDB Rating: 8.4 out of 10 (based on 9927 ratings)
Director: Leonid Gaidai
Starring: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Varley, Ruslan Akhmetov
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles
Description
A young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he’s done.
Watch