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Don't Play the Fool...

Original title: Ne valyay duraka
  • 1997
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
252
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Don't Play the Fool... (1997)
AdventureComedyCrimeDramaMystery

One day a man went to pull logs from the river to store fuel for the winter and fished out a 200-liter barrel of alcohol. The village went on a spree... This unexpected holiday was given to ... Read allOne day a man went to pull logs from the river to store fuel for the winter and fished out a 200-liter barrel of alcohol. The village went on a spree... This unexpected holiday was given to the villagers by American submariners who were carrying out their secret mission in Russia... Read allOne day a man went to pull logs from the river to store fuel for the winter and fished out a 200-liter barrel of alcohol. The village went on a spree... This unexpected holiday was given to the villagers by American submariners who were carrying out their secret mission in Russian waters. Two great nations met at one table to get to know each other better. And the mee... Read all

  • Director
    • Valeri Chikov
  • Writer
    • Valeri Chikov
  • Stars
    • Mikhail Evdokimov
    • Valeriy Zolotukhin
    • Sergei Agapitov
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    252
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Valeri Chikov
    • Writer
      • Valeri Chikov
    • Stars
      • Mikhail Evdokimov
      • Valeriy Zolotukhin
      • Sergei Agapitov
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Mikhail Evdokimov
    • Filimon
    Valeriy Zolotukhin
    Valeriy Zolotukhin
    • Ivan
    Sergei Agapitov
    • Pasha
    Lev Durov
    Lev Durov
    • Old man…
    Aleksandr Pyatkov
    Aleksandr Pyatkov
    • Kutuzov
    Valeri Chikov
    • The villager
    • (as V. Chikov)
    Scott Cunningham
    Vladimir Kashpur
    Vladimir Kashpur
    • The general
    Tatyana Kravchenko
    Tatyana Kravchenko
    • Zinaida Tarataykina
    Russell LaDue
    Olga Levitina
    Kevin McGuire
    • Dan Woodley
    Yuriy Olennikov
    • Petya Khorkov
    • (as Yuri Oleynikov)
    Olga Ostroumova
    Olga Ostroumova
    Sergey Rubeko
    • The counterintelligence officer
    Grigoriy Siyatvinda
    Grigoriy Siyatvinda
    • Vasiliy Selivanov
    Anastasiya Zavolokina
      • Director
        • Valeri Chikov
      • Writer
        • Valeri Chikov
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      10Pretender-5

      Simple and funny comedy about simple Russian folk people

      I really liked this movie. I consider it's the best comedy of Mr. Evdokimov (actor turned a Russian governor) who sadly passed away in a tragic accident.

      Anyway - this film is very simple, yet it's has a lot of things that so common in Russian's deep down country - drinking, stupidity, naivenes and good and bad.

      The plot is really mixed up and actually really funny.

      Just to say a small outline - the film begins when one of the village people in Siberia finds a barrel floating in the river. The barrel turns out to be a barrel full of concentrated drinking spirit (alcohol). Then all things get havoc afte this moment and there is a mix up of local humor and even a politics.

      Bottomline: very funny film. But you have to understand a bit of Russian culture at least to get a feeling of it.

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      Comedy
      James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Sharon Angela, Max Casella, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Perrino, Donna Pescow, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Michael Drayer in The Sopranos (1999)
      Crime
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      Drama
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      Mystery

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        The credits are in English.
      • Connections
        Followed by Ne poslat li nam... gontsa? (1998)

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      • Country of origin
        • Russia
      • Languages
        • Russian
        • English
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • Не валяй дурака...
      • Filming locations
        • Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavskaya oblast, Russia
      • Production companies
        • Mosfilm
        • Shadow Studios
        • Teatr Mikhaila Yevdokimova
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      • Budget
        • $22,000,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        • 1h 38m(98 min)
      • Color
        • Color

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