''It Can't Be!'' (russian: Не может быть!, Ne mozhet byt'!) is a 1975

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

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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 ...

. It consists of three short stories, based on the works of Mikhail Zoshchenko: ''Crime and Punishment'', ''Fun Adventure'' and ''Wedding Event''.

''Crime and Punishment''

Plot

In the first novel describes the complexity of the shop manager Gorbushkin living in Soviet times, the end of the 1920s on

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. Being called to the investigator, he thoroughly believes that this will not bring anything good. These thoughts go to his wife and brother-in-law. Anna Vasilyevna, who, in order to prevent the inevitable confiscations of property urgently sell everything that was acquired by "back-breaking" labor. In addition, Anna hastily divorces with the main character and marries a neighbor, Vitaly Borisovich. And Gorbushkin, who is only called as a

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(a week before he still got arrested), returns in a good mood back home.

Cast

Mikhail Pugovkin Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин; July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People' ...

— ''Gorbushkin, store manager'' * Nina Grebeshkova — ''Anna Vasilyevna, Gorbushkin's wife'' *

Vyacheslav Nevinny Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (russian: link=no, Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Неви́нный; 30 November 1934 – 31 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who was titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. He worked in th ...

— ''Gorbushkin's brother-in-law, beer seller'' * Mikhail Svetin — ''Vitaly Borisovich Bananov, Gorbushkin's neighbor'' *

Radner Muratov Radner Zinyatovich Muratov (russian: Раднэр Зинятович Муратов, tt-Cyrl, Раднэр Зиннәт улы Моратов, translit=Radner Zinnät uğlı Moratov; 21 October 1928 – 10 December 2004) was a Soviet and Russian s ...

— ''militiaman'' * Lev Polyakov — ''investigator'' * Natalya Krachkovskaya — ''buyer of paintings'' * Igor Yasulovich — ''Lyolik, buyer of paintings' husband'' * Georgy Svetlani — ''beer lover'' * Viktor Uralsky — ''little man with a pig'' * Vladimir Gulyaev — ''the one-eyed furniture buyer'' * Eduard Bredun — ''assistant buyer of furniture''

''Fun Adventure''

Plot

The following short story of the film shows the intricacies of extramarital relations. Heading into the weekend supposedly to work, but in reality to his mistress, and sometimes hard to imagine that her husband's mistress could be lover lover friend, neighbor, friend and lover in the communal - a lover of your own wife. In the end, all six characters is purely coincidental, with interesting circumstances intersect together and gathered around the table, trying to find a way out of this situation, but in the end did not need and did not come. In any case, such a conclusion can be drawn from rolling in extreme caricature dispute sixes at the table.

Cast

* Oleg Dahl — ''Anatoly (a.k.a. Anatole) Barygin-Amurskiy'' * Svetlana Kryuchkova — ''Zinaida (a.k.a. Zinulya), Nicholas's wife'' * Mikhail Kokshenov — ''Sophia's neighbor'' * Natalya Seleznyova — ''Tatiana (a.k.a. Tanya) Barygin-Amurskya, Anatoly's wife'' * Evgeny Zharikov — ''Nicholas (a.k.a. Coca), Zinaida's husband'' *

Larisa Eryomina Larisa Eryomina-Wain (born September 19, 1950, Moldavia) is a stage and screen actress, particularly in Soviet films of the 1970s. She left the Soviet Union in 1979, to raise her family and pursue a career in Hollywood. She has acted in dozens of fi ...

— ''Sophia (a.k.a. Sofochka), Zinaida's friend and «former ballerina of noblewomen»'' * Zoya Isayeva — ''Sophia's neighbor, wash clothes in the basin'' * Elena Volskaya — ''flower-girl'' * Georgi Yumatov — ''passer-by with a bulldog''

''Wedding Event''

In the final novel by the young man, Vladimir Zavitushkin, fails to offer a hand and heart, he comes to his own wedding, where he can not find a bride - before they met only on the street, and he memorized her in winter clothes. Attempts to discreetly find out who of the women present is his future wife, lead to unpredictable consequences - the bridegroom takes the bride (and she does have a daughter (and not one) - very little) for her mother.

Cast

* Leonid Kuravlyov — ''Vladimir Zavitushkin, groom'' * Valentina Telichkina — ''Catherine, Zavitushkin's bride'' * Lyudmila Shagalova — ''mother of Catherine'' *

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 ...

— ''father of Catherine'' *

Savely Kramarov Savely Viktorovich Kramarov (russian: Саве́лий Ви́кторович Кра́маров; 13 October 1934 – 6 June 1995) was a Soviet, Russian and American actor. He acted in at least 42 Soviet films, and later appeared in several mo ...

— ''Sergei Ivanovich (a.k.a. Seryoga), Zavitushkin's friend, womanizer and heartthrob'' *

Svetlana Kharitonova Svetlana Nikolayevna Kharitonova (russian: Светлана Николаевна Харитонова; 30 January 1932, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the cap ...

— ''Elmira, Catherine's girlfriend, always says: «enchanting!»'' * Sergey Filippov — ''singer'' * Natalya Krachkovskaya — ''1st guest'' * Igor Yasulovich — ''2nd guest'' *

Eve Kivi Eve Kivi (real name Eeve Kivi; born on 8 May 1938 in Paide) is an Estonian actress. Biography In 1959 she graduated from Estonian Drama Theatre's learning studio. She has worked at Tallinnfilm and Mosfilm. Since 1955 she has played on about 50 ...

— ''wife of Ivan Izrailevich'' * Gotlib Roninson — ''Ivan Izrailevich, one of the guests'' * Klara Rumyanova — ''one of the wedding guests''

Soundtrack

References

External links

* * {{Leonid Gaidai 1975 films 1975 romantic comedy films Films about weddings Films based on works by Mikhail Zoshchenko Films directed by Leonid Gaidai Films scored by Aleksandr Zatsepin Films set in 1927 Films set in the Soviet Union Films shot in Astrakhan Films shot in Moscow Mosfilm films 1970s Russian-language films Russian anthology films Russian romantic comedy films Soviet romantic comedy films Soviet anthology films