''Ilf and Petrov Rode a Tram'' ( is a 1972

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directed by Viktor Titov.

Plot

The film is a series of short comedies, based on humorous

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s, stories and

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s of famous

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writers Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. These comedies describe the everyday life of

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and in the 1920s and 1930s; the film uses a lot of

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s of the time. Comedy's subjects are various as life itself. For example, a clerk named Kapitulov is constantly scaring his wife and colleagues with his poor health. As a result, all the household chores is shouldered on his wife, and his colleagues at work do all Kapitulov's duties, while he sleeps nearby, sitting on a chair ...

Cast

Innokenty Smoktunovsky Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. Early life Smo ...

as ''tramway passenger'' *

Vladimir Basov Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. Biography Vladimir Basov was born in the Urazovo village, Voronezh Governor ...

as ''tramway passenger'' * Svetlana Starikova as ''tramway passenger'' * Emmanuil Geller as ''tramway passenger'' * Nicholas Gorlov as ''tramway passenger'' * Elena Volsky as ''check-taker'' *

Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen of Fortune'', '' Mimino'' and '' Striped Trip''. Called "one ...

as ''Vitaly Kapitulov'' * Nina Agapova as ''Vera, Kapitulov's wife'' * Nikholay Grabbe as ''chief editor of newspaper'' * Grigory Shpigel as ''employee of the newspaper'' * Olga Gobzeva as ''typewriter'' *

Mikhail Gluzsky Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (June 15, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue (film), Monologue'', which was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. An actor in more than 130 films bet ...

as ''accountant Brykin'' *

Ivan Ryzhov Ivan Petrovich Ryzhov (; 25 January 1913, Zelyonaya Sloboda, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — 15 March 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Biography Ryzhov was born on 25 Ja ...

as ''chief editor of newspaper «Fising» *

Zinovy Gerdt Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (21 September 191618 November 1996), known by the pseudonym Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt, was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1990. Biography Early life and education Ger ...

as ''Captain Mazuchcho, animal trainer'' *

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as ''director of circus'' * Lidiya Smirnova as ''handler and artistic director of circus'' *

Vladimir Grammatikov Vladimir Alexandrovich Grammatikov (; born 1 June 1942) is a Russian and Soviet theater and film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He was awarded as Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 1995. Biography Vladimir Grammatikov wa ...

as ''Ussishkin, commissioner of circus'' *

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as ''commissioner of circus'' * Nina Alisova as ''Vasilisa Aleksandrovna, secretary'' * Vyacheslav Gostinsky as ''circus ringmaster'' *

Igor Yasulovich Igor Nikolayevich Yasulovich (; 24 September 1941 – 19 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director and pedagogue. Biography Yasulovich was born in the village of Reinsfeld (now Zalesye) in Koshkinsky District ...

as ''Vasya the sculptor / Hans the sculptor'' * Svetlana Danilchenko as ''girl in a beret'' *

Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov (October 12, 1929October 6, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Early life Rolan Bykov was born to Anton Mikhailovich Bykov and Ol ...

as ''Ivan S. Fedorenko'' *

Lev Durov Lev Konstantinovich Durov (23 December 1931 – 20 August 2015) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 200 films and numerous stage productions between 1955 and 2008. He was named a People's Artist of the USS ...

as ''passerby / Gusev-Lebedev'' * Michaela Drozdovskaya as ''nurse'' * Yevgeny Morgunov as ''robber'' *

Valery Nosik Valery Benediktovich Nosik (; 9 October 1940 — 4 January 1995) was a Soviet Russian film and stage actor, the People's Artist of Russia (1994) who appeared in more than 100 films, as well as in numerous stage productions at the Moscow Pushkin ...

as ''Kipyatkov'' * Rudolf Rudin as ''visitor to the cafe'' * Jacob Lenz as ''visitor to the cafe'' *

Oleg Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabakov was born in Saratov into a family of do ...

as ''voice-over''

References

External links

* 1972 films Films directed by Viktor Titov 1972 comedy films Soviet comedy films Russian-language comedy films 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Mosfilm films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub