| Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures | |
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| Russian | Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика |
| Directed by | Leonid Gaidai |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Brovin |
| Edited by | Valentina Yankovskaya |
| Music by | Aleksandr Zatsepin |
| Distributed by | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Russian: Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика) is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin and Yevgeny Morgunov. The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate" (Напарник, Naparnik), "Déjà vu" (Наваждение, Navazhdeniye) and "Operation Y"[1] (Операция «Ы»).[2][3] 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.
It was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.[2]
- ^ The letter "Y" in the title of the film is in fact Yery (Cyrillic: Ы, pronounced roughly as the vowel sound in the word "nib"), Operatsiya "Y", this codename sounds bizarre because no native Russian word starts with this letter. As Fool (Yu. Nikulin) answers to the "Why 'Y'?" question — "So that nobody would guess why!" The phrase became a common colloquialism in Russian used to answer odd questions.
- ^ a b Операция "Ы" и другие приключения Шурика (in Russian). KinoExpert.ru. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ Операция "Ы" и другие приключения Шурика (1965) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.