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Comedy of the Strict Regime

1992 1 h 18 min Comedy Комедия строгого режима

A prison camp stages a Lenin play for the centenary, and the rehearsals become a cover for an escape plot.

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About the film

What it’s about

In 1970, a prison camp commander orders inmates to stage a play about Lenin's life to mark the centenary. The assignment disrupts camp routine and gives the prisoners an unexpected opening: the preparations could hide an escape attempt.

What hooks you

The screenplay is by Mikhail Grigoriev, who also directs with Vladimir Studennikov. A catalogue note observes that the guards' uniforms match the late 1980s rather than 1970.

Who it’s for

It is a good pick for those who enjoy absurdist comedies set in closed institutions, where official demands push characters toward desperate schemes.

Technical details
Country
Russia
Year
1992
Genre
Comedy
Running time
1h 18min
Age rating
12++

Ratings

MOVIE․ONE · 984 votes
7.3 /10
IMDb
7.0342
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7.210,261
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Creative team

All 13
Director Mikhaïl Grigoriev
Starring
  1. 01 Viktor Sukhorukov Prisoner Grigory Zuyev
  2. 02 Ivan Krivoruchko Captain
  3. 03 Viktor Solovyov Prisoner assigned the role of Dzerzhinsky
  4. 04 Lev Kubarev Actor
  5. 05 Konstantin Demidov Private Vasilyev
  6. 06 Stanislav Kontsevich Prisoner Livshits
  7. 07 Vladimir Ermilov Actor
  8. 08 Yuriy Viushkin Prisoner Slavik Sverchkov
  9. 09 Sergei Selin Prisoner Sergei the cook
  10. 10 Lev Kubarev Prisoner
  11. 11 Nadezhda Zharikova Warehouse keeper Zoya Vasilyevna Korovina

Trivia

  1. At the time of the film's events (1970), the rank of "praporshchik" did not exist in the troops and bodies of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, just as in the army. The institution of praporshchiks was introduced in 1972.
  2. The uniform of the ITU security staff corresponds to the late 1980s. At the time of the film's events, it looked somewhat different.

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