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A Soviet ‘palace of culture’ – or local entertainment center – is in full swing, preparing for the annual New Year’s party when news of the ‘disaster’ arrives. Their boss is leaving and his replacement, Ogurtsov, is a dull bureaucrat whose motto is ‘I don’t like joking myself and won’t let anyone else.’ Now the young actors have a real challenge: they must dodge Ogurtsov’s stupid orders and boring ideas and stop him from ruining the concert.
–The film is the debut production of famous comedy director Eldar Ryazanov. It also made actress Lyudmila Gurchenko, who played the lead female part, an instant star.
–With its joyous atmosphere and the buffoonish Ogurtsov depicting philistine Soviet bureaucrats, the film was a sign of its time – Khrushchev’s ‘thaw’.
–Almost a third of the film is made up of stage performance footage, as the party rolls on. Ryazanov was initially discontented with the idea.
| Georgy Kulikov | Seryozha Usikov |
| Yury Belov | Grisha Koltsov |
| Lyudmila Gurchenko | Lena Krylova |
| Igor Ilyinsky | comrade Ogurtsov, the director |
