Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Overview

Journalist Shurik arrives in the Caucasus in order to study local culture and folklore, the ancient customs and traditions of the people in this region. Per chance he meets and befriends a girl in a mountainous town, the beauty Nina, which the gouvernor, wealthy and powerful local Saakhov, is planning to marry — if not willingly then by force. Using the gullible journalist as a strawman, Saakhov and his henchmen (the "Coward", the "Fool", and the "Pro", a trio of comic antiheros) are able to kidnap Nina, all seems to work according to plan. But realizing that he had been deceived, Shurik, who fell for Nina, rushes to rescue his beloved one, for a happy ending.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 21, 2014

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Russia

Production

WSB,DreamTeam Media

Cast

Larisa Udovichenko,Dmitriy Sharakois,Ararat Keshchyan,Vladimir Dyachkov,Giya Gagua,Ruslana Pysanka,Lyubov Tikhomirova,Lolita Ausheva,Yuli Gusman,Aleksey Dmitrievand 16 more

Director

Maksim Voronkov

Writer

Kirill Zubkov

Cinematography

Alexey Belyaev

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$179,000

IMDb

tt4537362