Sparkling humor, interesting plots, professional photography and high-quality direction ... Thanks to all this, Soviet comedies can be watched endlessly. These films have become real masterpieces of the national cinema and entered the history of cinema as a classic comedy genre ... We present to you a list of the twenty best Soviet comedies in the opinion of the editors of the site.
So, here are these films:
20. The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia (1973)
Rome. In one of the local hospitals, an old lady who had once emigrated to Italy from Russia departed to the world.
Before her death, she managed to tell her granddaughter, Olga, a secret secret: she has a huge fortune, which is safely hidden in St. Petersburg. Search treasure need somewhere "under the lion."
Having learned so curious news, the granddaughter of the Russian emigrant decides to immediately fly to Leningrad. Following the girl on the road go and all those who randomly heard the story of an elderly lady ...
19. Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
The good-natured head of the kindergarten Troshkin lived a quiet and measured life until he found out that he had a twin. It turned out to be an inveterate thug named "Docent", who stole a unique helmet that belonged to Alexander the Great.
And all would be nothing, they would live each their lives, not knowing about the existence of each other ... But then the police decide to involve Troshkina in the search for an ancient relic. And now the main character has a difficult task - to portray his twin and to infiltrate the criminal environment in a “new image” ...
18. Love and doves (1984)
A sawmill worker Vasily Kuzyakin receives a work injury. Soon after, he was given a ticket to one of the southern resorts.
Upon arrival at the place of rest, the main character meets a certain Raisa Zakharovna and ... starts a love affair with her.
So the usual vacation ticket turns for him with a kind of ticket into a “new” life. But will he like her? ...
17. Three in the boat, not counting the dogs (1979)
Three friends, true London gentlemen, tired of the daily routine and worries, decide to go on an exciting boat trip along the River Thames.
Having gathered a purely male company, taking only a faithful friend - the Montmorency dog, the bachelors depart the road.
They are waiting for funny and funny adventures and unforgettable meetings ...
16. Blonde around the corner (1984)
He is a representative of the scientific intelligentsia, a former astrophysicist, whom life has forced to get a loader in a local supermarket.
She - the saleswoman of the same store, punchy and ambitious beauty.
There seems to be absolutely nothing in common between the main characters, nothing ... except love. It is this tender feeling that once united their souls.
But only for how long? And what will be stronger: love or life principles? ...
15. Office Romance (1977)
The single father of two children, the quiet and modest Novoseltsev, works in the statistics department and has long been dreaming of a raise.
Only now the timid Anatoly still cannot ask for a pay raise. He simply does not know how to approach his leader, Lyudmila Kalugina, a strict and domineering woman, a real “shrew of the skirt”.
Then one day an old friend offers him a way out of this situation - to dupe the hated boss to get a new position ...
14. It can not be! (1975)
Sarcastic sketch about the negative aspects of the everyday life of Soviet provincials.
All the ins and outs of the "happy" life of a young Soviet country is revealed to the viewer: unrestrained drunkenness, stupidity and mercantile spirit, human greed and lack of spirituality.
In pursuit of a better life, local residents often forget what humanity and life principles are ...
13. The Queen of the gas station (1962)
Cheerful and mischievous girl Lyudmila with a funny last name Dobryvechecher cannot live without adventures. And she also wants to dance, and not just dance, but masterfully perform ballet steps on ice. But bad luck - she did not pass the competition.
Not used to giving up so easily, Luda decides while she finds herself a job. After a series of funny adventures, she manages to get a refueler at a gas station.
However, the girl’s adventures do not end there. The most interesting things await her ahead ...
12. Mimino (1977)
The story of a great dreamer. Being a simple pilot of local airlines, the Georgian Valiko Mizandari, who everyone calls simply Mimino, is eager to succeed in big aviation.
To fulfill his cherished dream, a man decides to go to a city of great opportunities - Moscow.
In the megalopolis of the protagonist, many funny, sometimes sad and dramatic situations await ...
11. Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)
Going to the nearest supermarket for groceries, foreman Vladimir Nikolayevich could not even imagine what this campaign would turn for him.
It all started with a meeting with a strange student who was holding a small device in his hands called a "moving machine".
Pressing a button from simple curiosity, the protagonist found himself with a new acquaintance in the desert, and not in some Sahara there, but on the planet Plyuk desert located in Tentura, in the spiral of the Kin-dza-dza galaxy ...
10. The Pokrovsky Gate (1982)
Do you think: divorced, the wife married a second time - it means free?
Or they invited a lady for a date, and she came, it means everything - she will be yours? And no.
At least for our movie characters - residents of a large communal.
No event in their lives goes by without witnesses - curious roommates, who often like to stick their nose where it’s not necessary ...
9. Striped flight (1961)
A valuable, but very dangerous cargo was loaded on board the Soviet ship: lions and tigers for one of the zoos.
On the way on the ship, a nuisance happens: the monkey presented to the team, having decided to fool around a bit, opened the cages with predators. And now big cats roam freely on the deck, bringing quiet terror to all sailors.
None of the men and close to the animals can not, not to mention how to drive them back into the cage. Unexpectedly for everyone, modest barmaid Marianna, an avid animal lover and just a good person, decides to help in this situation ...
8. Man from Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
In one of the small towns of the Far West, a certain Mr. Fest appears. A little accustomed, the man decides to acquaint the locals with the world of cinema.
The plots of the films that he shows are completely different from the real life of cowboys: there are no scenes of violence, rudeness and rudeness in them, and there is no foul language at all.
Through this "cinema" Mr. Festus is trying to influence their lives, to improve their customs and habits for the better. I wonder if he can do it?
7. Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)
Send friends according to the good old tradition of steam bath in the bathhouse on the eve of the New Year holiday.
They drank well, had a lot of fun and ... sent the wrong friend to Leningrad.
So the quiet and modest Muscovite Zhenya Lukashin found himself in a foreign city, and soon in a foreign apartment ...
6. Sportloto 82 (1982)
Girl Tanya was incredibly lucky - she became the owner of the winning ticket “Sportloto”.
But soon the lottery coupon was lost. Having hidden it between the pages of the book, the heroine forgot where exactly she put it.
The situation was complicated by the fact that other passengers traveling with her on the same train had exactly the same books ...
5. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession (1973)
The young engineer-inventor Shurik Timofeev designed a real time machine in his apartment.
Randomly, this miracle device moved from the distant past of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, changing his position with a retiree and active public figure Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha.
Together with the namesake of the great ruler, the bastard George Miloslavsky also went to the past. This time travel promises to be very fun and exciting ...
4. The Caucasian Captive, or the New Adventures of Shurik (1966)
In search of the next new folklore Shurik arrives in the Caucasus.
In one of the mountainous republics, the movie star gets to know, and soon falls in love with the pretty girl Nina - an athlete, an activist, a Komsomol member and just a beauty.
But suddenly his beloved is kidnapped to marry another.
Shurik has no choice but to rush after the criminals and save the "Caucasian prisoner" ...
3. Operation Y and Other Adventures of Shurik (1965)
Three stories about funny and incredible adventures of the famous movie hero Shurik.
In one of them he has to fight a formidable bully.
In the second he expects a very original preparation for the exam.
Well, in the third, a very important task falls on Shurik’s shoulders - to prevent the “robbery of the century”, which the three trooped fraudsters planned to organize: Trus, Balbes and Experienced ...
2. Hello, I am your aunt! (1975)
The basis of the comedy film story was the play of B. Thomas "Aunt Charley".
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the unemployed Babs arrived in one rich house under the guise of a millionaire aunt, a certain Donna Rosa.
Wearing women's clothes, he begins to play a play, the main purpose of which is to help two young gentlemen to get consent to marry with their beloveds ...
1. The diamond hand (1968)
A simple Soviet employee, a good citizen and an exemplary family man, Semyon Gorbunkov, is on board a cruise liner along with a gangster, nicknamed Graf.
The offender must perform one very important order from his leader - pick up the precious stones in the designated place and take them to the destination in the plastered hand.
But by coincidence, instead of the rogue, diamond plaster is imposed on Semen Semenovich. From this moment on the main character opens a real hunt ...
And what are the best good old Soviet comedy films that would be worth adding to our rating, do you know? Share the names of these pictures in the comments!
