It Can't Be!
Directed by Leonid Gaidai
Produced by Mosfilm
A satirical musical comedy in three acts that uses humor and absurdity to critique the social vices and spiritual emptiness of early Soviet provincial life.
The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets: stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.
Essence
Ensemble
Mikhail Pugovkin
Gorbushkin
Nina Grebeshkova
Gorbushkina
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Gorbushkina's brother
Mikhail Svetin
Vitaly Borisovich
Oleg Dal
Anatoly Barygin-Amursky
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Zinulya
Mikhail Kokshenov
«big guy»
Natalya Seleznyova
Tanyusha
Yevgeni Zharikov
Nikolay
Larisa Eryomina
Sofochka
Leonid Kuravlyov
Vladimir Zavitushkin
Valentina Telichkina
Katerina
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