Russia / Jan 01, 1988 / 16+
1h 28min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Georgy Burkov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Galina Polskikh in a sad comedy by Sergey Nikonenko based on Vasily Shukshin’s short stories “Touches on the Portrait”, “The Stubborn One”, “The Strong Go Further”. Nikolai Knyazev works in a TV repair shop. God has blessed him with golden hands and heart, yet the majority of his fellow-town folk think he’s a bit nutty. And for a good reason: he’s constructing a perpetual motion machine, for years has been writing a philosophical treatise, dreaming of world fame and looking down on the other inhabitants of this sinful earth. But no matter how hard he is looking, he can’t see where his happiness (that is, post-office employee Lyuba) lies…
Main cast
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ёлки-палки!.. |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Zodiak, Gorky Film Studios |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1988 |
| Executive producer | Aleksandr Lyapin |
| Writer | Sergey Nikonenko, Vasiliy Shukshin, Andrey Nikolskiy, Irina Solovyova |
| Editing | Valentina Shatokhina, M. Kuzovleva |
| Cinematography | Nikolai Puchkov, Sergey Machilsky, Leonid Kazakov, M. Puchkov, A. Baranov |
| Assistant directors | Zinovi Genzer, Sofya Konbrandt, R. Varakin, Yu. Pogrebnyak, Sergey Nikonenko |
| Lighting | Yu. Davydov |
| Camera operators | Sergey Machilsky, Leonid Kazakov, Nikolai Puchkov, M. Puchkov, A. Baranov |
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| Additional photography | Nikolai Puchkov, Sergey Machilsky, Leonid Kazakov, M. Puchkov, A. Baranov |
| Production design | Yuri Konstantinov, V. Belov |
| Art direction | Yuri Konstantinov, V. Belov |
| Set decoration | V. Belov, Yuri Konstantinov |
| Visual effects | Nikolai Puchkov, Yuri Konstantinov |
| Music | Ludwig Minkus, Yevgeniy Terekhov |
| Sound | Yevgeniy Terekhov, Ludwig Minkus |
| Costume design | Natalya Rostotskaya, Tatyana Kolosova |
| Makeup | Tatyana Kolosova, Natalya Rostotskaya |
| Hairstyling | Natalya Rostotskaya, Tatyana Kolosova |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Jun 06, 1988
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