Comedy · Soviet Union · 1968 · 2h 54m

The Golden Calf

Золотой теленок

Director

Cast

Sergei Yursky as Ostap Bender Leonid Kuravlyov as Shura Balaganov Zinoviy Gerdt as Panikovsky Evgeniy Evstigneev as Koreiko Nikolai Boyarsky as Kozlevich Svetlana Starikova as Zosya Sinitskaya

Crew

Sergei Poluyanov — Director of Photography Zoya Veryovkina — Editor Georgiy Firtich — Original Music Composer Mikhail Shveitser — Writer Yevgeni Petrov — Novel Ilya Ilf — Novel

Synopsis

A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Mikhail Shveitser Director Sergei Poluyanov Director of Photography Zoya Veryovkina Editor Georgiy Firtich Original Music Composer Mikhail Shveitser Writer Yevgeni Petrov Novel Ilya Ilf Novel Abram Freydin Production Design Shelli Bykhovskaya Costume Design

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