''Mustached Nanny'' () is a 1977 Soviet

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, feature film directorial debut of

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 ...

. The film was a box-office hit, it was seen by 47 million viewers in 1979.

Plot

Jokester Kesha Chetvergov (Sergei Prokhanov), after graduating from school, is not able to find interesting work for himself. He did not get a higher education and failed to stay at any job for longer than two weeks. Most of his time he spends by messing around with his immature friends Bublik (Valery Kislenko), Motyl (Felix Krol) and Ponchik (Sergey Bachursky). Eventually, the district policeman Yevseyev (Vadim Aleksandrov), who previously sympathized with the guy and helped him with finding work, finally loses his patience and calls Innokenty to a meeting of the committee of lay judges at the Housing Committee, where his fate is to be decided. The public is determined to take serious measures against the young man as a

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, but kindergarten director Marina Borisovna Mikhalchuk (Lyudmila Shagalova) stands up for him. Marina Borisovna convinces the assessors to give Chetvergov another chance to correct his behavior and employs Kesha in her kindergarten as a night shift nanny.

Cast

* Sergei Prokhanov as Innokenty Petrovich Chetvergov (Kesha) *

Lyudmila Shagalova Lyudmila Alexandrovna Shagalova (; April 6, 1923 – March 13, 2012) was a Russian film supporting actress, active during the Soviet era. She was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1977. Shagalova was born in Rahačoŭ, Gomel Governorate, Russi ...

as Marina Borisovna Mikhalchuk, director of the kindergarten *Elizaveta Uvarova as Arina Rodionovna, nurse

Friends of Kesha

*Sergey Bachursky as Petya *Valery Kislenko as Dima *Felix Krol as Vasya

Members of the Commission on difficult adolescents

*Valentin Bryleev as fellow activist *Gennady Yalovich as father of Kuroslepov *Arsen Berzin as comrade-in-arms watching TV *Bronislava Zakharova as red-haired woman activist *Tatyana Nikolaeva as female activist in a police uniform *Vadim Uryupin as red-haired male activist

Others

*Vadim Aleksandrov as precinct officer Yevseyev *Nadezhda Samsonova as smart old woman *Alexander Sazhin as watchman of Kuzya *Marina Matveenko as stranger *

Natalya Khorokhorina Natalya Nikolaevna Khorokhorina (; Kharakhorina (); born in 1954) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. Biography Natalya Nikolaevna Khorokhorina was born May 5, 1954, at the farm near the village of Moscow Vnukovo in Moscow regio ...

as mother of Barmaleychik *Vladimir Puchkov *Olga Grigoryeva *Klavdia Kozlenkova as Maria Stepanovna, the janitor *Leonid Trutnev as taxi driver

References

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*{{IMDb title, id=0171869, title=Mustached Nanny 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet musical comedy films 1970s musical comedy films 1977 directorial debut films Gorky Film Studio films 1977 comedy films 1977 films Films scored by Alexey Rybnikov Russian-language musical comedy films 1977 musical films