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5.0 out of 5 stars Laughing Caucasian style, October 21, 2009

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Igor Lurye "Cutedervish" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kidnapping Cavcasian Style Or New Shurik's Adventures / Kavkazskaya Plennica Ili Novye Proklucheniya Shurika [DVD NTSC] [Language: Russian, English, French] [Subtitles: Russian, English, German, French, Spanish] (DVD)

An anthropology student Shurik goes to the Caucasus' region to collect the toasts (cheers) peculiar for the region, known for its long standing wine culture, hospitality and sense of humor.

On the way to his project he meets a cute komsomolka who turns out to be the niece of a driver of the powerful towns' chief - Secretary of Raikomitet (something like a mayor or a governor). The aging mountain wolf needs a wife, and he arranges for his driver a fare exchange - his niece, in exchange for a number of cattle plus a Finnish refrigirator - an expensive rarity at the time. When the niece refuses, the chief with an aid of his driver decides to use an age-old method - stealing the girl, who when brought into her husband's-to-be territory should supposedly become submissive and become a perfect Caucasian wife. In order to accomplish that task, the chief decides to use naive Shurik to capture the girl under the pretense of learning an old custom which should make his project especially meaningful. Shurik of course happily concurs - after all its a once a lifetime opportunity!

To make sure that the crime goes just as planned, the chief's driver hires three crooks - the infamous Fatso, the Drunk, and the Coward - respectively played by Morgunov, Nikulin, and Vitzin. Crime goes wrong when Shurik realizes that he just partook not in the old custom, but in the actual stealing!

A late-Soviet classic, known to every Russian speaker, this comedy has touched and keeps touching hearts of at least 3 generations of movie goers. I just hope that the kids keep diggin' it.