New Year's Abduction (1970)
The fire department is preparing for the New Year. Three activists of amateur performances decide to kidnap professional artists for a New Year's concert. A police captain investigates the kidnapping and listens to complaints from the “unkidnapped” artists.
Director:
Yuri Saakov
Writer:
Zinoviy Papernyy
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Mikhail Pugovkin as senior police lieutenant / French police officer |
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Oleg Anofriev as «kidnapper» / amateur arts activist |
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Savely Kramarov as «kidnapper» / amateur arts activist |
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Evgeniy Steblov as «kidnapper» / amateur arts activist |
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Vladimir Belokurov as Belokurov |
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Yukhym Berezin as Berezin |
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Yurii Tymoshenko as Tymoshenko |
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Serafima Birman as Birman |
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Aleksandr Borisov as Borisov |
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Zinovi Vysokovsky as Vysokovsky |
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Rina Zelyonaya as talkative visitor |
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Lyudmila Zykina as Zykina |
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Leonid Kanevsky as director |
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Klara Luchko as Luchko |
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Ivan Lyubeznov as Lyubeznov |
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Muslim Magomayev as Magomayev |
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Aleksandr Menaker as Menaker |
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Mariya Mironova as Mironova |
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Andrey Mironov as Mironov |
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Yelena Obraztsova as Obraztsova |
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Georg Ots as Ots |
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Maya Plisetskaya as Plisetskaya |
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Oleg Popov as Popov |
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Edita Pyekha as Pyekha |
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Nikolai Slichenko as Slichenko |
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Leonid Kharitonov as Kharitonov |
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Lyudmila Shagalova as Shagalova |
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Tatyana Shmyga as Shmyga |
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Maya Menglet as Menglet |
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Alla Larionova as Larionova |
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Vladimir Troshin as Troshin |
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Aleksandr Khvylia as Khvylia |
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Eduard Khil as Khil |
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Georgiy Vitsin as Vitsin |
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Yevgeni Morgunov as Morgunov |
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Nadezhda Rumyantseva as Rumyantseva |
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Nikolai Rybnikov as Rybnikov |
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Zoya Fyodorova as Fyodorova |
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Stanislav Chekan as circus performer |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Shpigel |
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Elena Maksimova as Maksimova |
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Georgiy Yumatov as Yumatov |
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Mark Novitsky as Novitsky |
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Yuriy Gusakov as tap dancer |
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Zoya Kharabadze as member of a vocal quartet “Accord” |
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Shota Kharabadze as member of a vocal quartet “Accord” |
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Inna Myasnikova as member of a vocal quartet “Accord” |
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Vladislav Lynkovskiy as member of a vocal quartet “Accord” |
| Camera | Aleksandr Knyazhinsky | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Yuri Saakov | Director |
| Writing | Zinoviy Papernyy | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maya Soymonova | Writer |
| Sound | Oskar Sandler | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vadim Gamaliya | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Yevgeni Svidetelev | Production Design |
| Art | Ivan Tartynsky | Production Design |