Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Original title: Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style is a 1967 Russian-language comedy movie directed by Leonid Gaidai, with a running time of 1h 22m. It stars Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Varley and Yuriy Nikulin.
Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
Cast
- Aleksandr Demyanenko as Shurik
- Natalya Varley as Nina
- Yuriy Nikulin as Balbes
- Georgiy Vitsin as Trus
- Yevgeni Morgunov as Byvalyy
- Vladimir Etush as сomrade Saakhov
- Mher Mkrtchyan as Dzhabrail
- Ruslan Akhmetov as Edik
- Noy Avaliani as hotel worker
- Nina Grebeshkova as doctor
- Mikhail Gluzskiy as hotel administrator
- Emmanuil Geller as shashlychnik