Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures poster

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

Name: Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1965-08-16
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Aleksei Smirnov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Vladimir Basov, Natalya Seleznyova

Released 16 August 1965
Runtime 1h 35m
Director Leonid Gaidai
Genres Comedy
Rating 7.5/10 (525 votes)

Synopsis

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.

Cast

Aleksandr Demyanenko as Shurik
Aleksei Smirnov as Verzila (segment "Workmate") / buyer at the market (segment "Operation Y") (uncredited)
Mikhail Pugovkin as foreman (segment "Workmate")
Vladimir Basov as a stern policeman (segment "Workmate")
Natalya Seleznyova as Lida (segment "Déjà vu")
Yuriy Nikulin as «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
Georgiy Vitsin as «Trus» (segment "Operation Y")
Yevgeni Morgunov as «Byvalyy» (segment "Operation Y")
Vladimir Rautbart as professor (segment "Déjà vu")
Viktor Pavlov as «Dub» (segment "Déjà vu")
Vladimir Vladislavskiy as base director (segment "Operation Y")
Mariya Kravchunovskaya as grandma -"god's dandelion" (segment "Operation Y")
Emmanuil Geller as passenger (segment "Workmate")
Rina Zelyonaya as an outraged passenger (segment "Workmate")
Viktor Uralsky as a police cook (segment "Workmate")
Guseyn Akhundov as passenger (segment "Workmate")
Valentina Berezutskaya as passenger (segment "Workmate")
Svetlana Ageeva as passenger (segment "Workmate")