''Dangerous for Your Life!'' (russian: Опасно для жизни!, Opasno dlya zizni!) is a 1985

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

adventure comedy film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, anim ...

directed by

Leonid Gaidai Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the fo ...

Plot

Spartak Molodtsov (

Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov w ...

) is a man who can not leave well enough alone. Because of this he always gets into trouble. So one morning he finds a broken high tension wire and is late for work which nearly derails the reception of visitors because his new bureaucrat-chief (

Borislav Brondukov Boryslav Mykolayovych Brondukov ( uk, Борислáв Миколáйович Брондукóв; russian: Борислав Николаевич Брондуков; 1 March 1938 – 10 March 2004) was a Ukrainian film character actor, People's Ar ...

) is afraid to make decisions without him. Molodtsov at his post meets an alcoholic of the name of Chokolov (

Georgy Vitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (russian: Георгий Михайлович Вицин; 18 April 1917 – 22 October 2001) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Vitsin was born in Terijoki, former Finla ...

) and Tamara – a female van driver who transports ice cream (

Tatyana Kravchenko Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (russian: Татья́на Эдуа́рдовна Кра́вченко; born 9 December 1953, Stalino (since 1961 — Donetsk), Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Ru ...

). A visitor of the facility, Comrade Kipiani (Tamaz Toloraya), eventually finds him there, on his post, near the wire. The finale of the film is fairly unexpected.

Cast

(Spartak Ivanovich Molodtsov) *

(Alexander Chokolov) *

Larisa Udovichenko Larisa Ivanovna Udovichenko (russian: link=no, Лариса Ивановна Удовиченко; born 29 April 1955, Vienna, Austria) is a Russian actress. People's Artist of Russia (1998).

(Katerina Ivanovna)Любимые женщины Леонида Гайдая
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Vladimir Nosik Vladimir Benediktovich Nosik (russian: Влади́мир Бенеди́ктович Но́сик) is a Soviet and Russian actor, Honored Artist of Russia (1993), People's Artist of Russia (2016). Older brother — People's Artist of Russia Valery ...

(Maxim Dmitriev) *

(Tamara) * Tamaz Toloraya (born 02.03.1951 - died 09.11.2004) (Vano Kipiani) *

Boryslav Brondukov Boryslav Mykolayovych Brondukov ( uk, Борислáв Миколáйович Брондукóв; russian: Борислав Николаевич Брондуков; 1 March 1938 – 10 March 2004) was a Ukrainian film character actor, People's ...

(Andrey Pavlovich Peredelkin) *

Sergey Filippov Sergey Nikolayevich Filippov (russian: Сергей Николаевич Филиппов, 24 June 1912— 19 April 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor and comedian, best known for his parts in films ''Adventures of Korzinkina'' ...

(gentle visitor) *

Nina Grebeshkova Nina Pavlovna Grebeshkova (russian: Нина Павловна Гребешкова; born 29 November 1930) is a Russian actress. Since 1953 she has performed in more than thirty films. She was married to film director Leonid Gaidai. In 1954 gradu ...

(Zinaida Petrovna) *

Mikhail Kokshenov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kokshenov (16 September 1936, Moscow – 4 June 2020, Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of Russia (2002). Biography Mikhail Kokshenov w ...

(lieutenant Rokotov) *

Nina Maslova Nina Konstantinovna Maslova (russian: Ни́на Константи́новна Ма́слова; born November 27, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian actress who has appeared in several films such as '' Aferisty'' (1990) and '' Depressiya'' (1991). ...

(lady with the Dog) * Vera Ivleva (born 18.09.1943 - died 08.01.1999 (barmaid) *

Alexander Pyatkov Alexander Alexandrovich Pyatkov (russian: Александр Александрович Пятков; born July 31, 1950, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. In 2006 he was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia. Selecte ...

(a man in a tracksuit and with an ax)

Production

The movie was filmed in the cities of

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

and

Kamianets-Podilskyi Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...

. The institution in which the main character worked was the Chernivtsi regional council building. Other filming locations in Chernivtsi include the tower in Central Square, Chernivtsi City Hall, Theater Square and University Street.

References

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* * 1985 films 1980s adventure comedy films Russian adventure comedy films Mosfilm films 1980s Russian-language films Films set in Moscow Films set in 1985 Films directed by Leonid Gaidai Soviet adventure comedy films Films scored by Maksim Dunayevsky 1985 comedy films {{1980s-USSR-film-stub