''Kind Men'' () is a 1979

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He became the director general of Mosfilm in 1998. Biography Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of A ...

Plot

The film tells about a swindler who went to the world of science and achieved success in it. Having settled in the Institute of Ancient Culture, he easily cheated all kinds of members of the academic council, defended his dissertation and became director.

Cast

Georgy Burkov Georgi Ivanovich Burkov (; 31 May 1933 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on 19 July 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis. Selected filmography * ''Zigzag of Succ ...

as Gordey Petrovich Kabachkov *

Tatyana Vasileva Tatyana Grigoryevna Vasilyeva (; born 28 February 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, and TV presenter. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1969. She was named a People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 1992 ...

as Iraida Yaroslavna * Nikolay Volkov Sr. as Yaroslav Borisovich Grebeshkov * Vladimir Zeldin as Yevgeny Vitaliev * Viktor Sharlakhov as Arkady Anyutin * Larisa Pashkova as Sychova * Yuri Leonidov as Philip Kolesnitsyn * Aleksandr Safronov as Lozhkin *

Valentina Telichkina Valentina Ivanovna Telichkina (; born January 10, 1945) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2009). Biography Valentina Telichkina was born January 10, 1945 (the day of the forty-year anniv ...

as Nadezhda Pavlovna, Grebeshkov's secretary, Kabachkov's former lover * Yuri Gusev as Mitrofan Tikhodonsky *

Veronika Izotova Veronica, Veronika, etc., may refer to: People * Veronica (name) * Saint Veronica * Saint Veronica of Syria Arts and media Comics and literature * ''Veronica'', an 1870 novel by Frances Eleanor Trollope * ''Veronica (novel)'', a 2005 novel by ...

as Kabachkov's secretaryKind Men (1979) Full Cast / Crew
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Valentin Nikulin Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin (; 7 July 1932, Moscow — 6 August 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor. Nikulin was born in the family of the playwright Yuri Nikulin (1907-1958) and pianist Eugeniya Brooke (1909-1 ...

as Orest Ivanovich Muzhesky

References

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* {{Karen Shakhnazarov 1979 films 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet comedy films Russian-language comedy films 1979 comedy films Films directed by Karen Shakhnazarov 1979 directorial debut films Soviet films based on plays