Carnival Night (1956)
Original title: Карнавальная ночь
Carnival Night is a 1956 Russian-language music movie directed by Eldar Ryazanov, with a running time of 1h 18m. It stars Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Yuri Belov.
It is the New Year's Eve and the employees of an Economics Institute are ready with their annual New Year's entertainment program. It includes a lot of dancing and singing, jazz band performance and even magic tricks. Suddenly, an announcement is made that a new director has been elected and that he is arriving shortly. Comrade Ogurtsov arrives in time to review and disapprove of the scheduled entertainment. To him, holiday fun has a different meaning. He imagines speakers reading annual reports to show the Institute's progress over the year, and, perhaps, a bit of serious music, something from the Classics, played by the Veterans' Orchestra. Obviously, no one wants to change the program a few hours before the show, much less to replace it with something so boring! Now everyone has to team up in order to prevent Ogurtsov from getting to the stage. As some of them trap Ogurtsov one way or another, others perform their scheduled pieces and celebrate New Year's Eve.
Quick answers
What is Carnival Night about?
It is the New Year's Eve and the employees of an Economics Institute are ready with their annual New Year's entertainment program. It includes a lot of dancing and singing, jazz band performance and even magic tricks. Suddenly, an announcement is made that a new director has been elected and that he is arriving shortly. Comrade Ogurtsov arrives in time to review and disapprove of the scheduled entertainment. To him, holiday fun has a different meaning. He imagines speakers reading annual reports to show the Institute's progress over the year, and, perhaps, a bit of serious music, something from the Classics, played by the Veterans' Orchestra. Obviously, no one wants to change the program a few hours before the show, much less to replace it with something so boring! Now everyone has to team up in order to prevent Ogurtsov from getting to the stage. As some of them trap Ogurtsov one way or another, others perform their scheduled pieces and celebrate New Year's Eve.
When was Carnival Night released?
Carnival Night was released on 29 December 1956.
How long is Carnival Night?
Carnival Night runs 1h 18m.
Who made Carnival Night?
Carnival Night was directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
Cast
- Igor Ilyinsky as Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov
- Lyudmila Gurchenko as Lena Krylova
- Yuri Belov as Grisha Koltsov
- Georgiy Kulikov as Usikov
- Sergei Filippov as comrade Nekadilov
- Olga Vlasova as Romashkina
- Andrei Tutyshkin as accountant
- Tamara Nosova as Tosya
- Gennadi Yudin as conductor
- Vladimir Zeldin as Nikolaev, clown Tip
- Boris Petker as Nikolay Sidorov, сlown Top
- Valentin Bryleev