The best Aleksei Smirnov’s comedy movies

Aleksei Smirnov

Aleksei Smirnov

28/02/1920- 07/05/1979
Today we present the best Aleksei Smirnov’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Aleksei Smirnov’s movies.
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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
8.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/08/1965
  • Character: Fedya (segment "Naparnik") / Doubting person at market (segment "Operatsiya 'Y")
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
8.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 06/06/1973
  • Character: mechanic Makarych
Alexey Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Alexey always are his friends, they are all from different parts of the country, but they all became real brothers.

Welcome, or No Trespassing

Welcome, or No Trespassing
7.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 07/10/1964
  • Character: завхоз
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.

Striped Trip

Striped Trip
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/06/1961
  • Character: Knysh
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.

Wedding in Malinovka

Wedding in Malinovka
7.3/10
The movie takes place during Russia's civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Mensheviks). Andrejka and Yarinka are a young betrothed couple in the village of Malinovka, caught between the battle lines. Gritsian is the leader of a Menshevik band who are planning to attack the village. Yarinka appeals to the local Bolshevik commander for his faction's help. The Bolsheviks quickly come up with a plan to save the village... but the plan requires Yarinka to enter into a pretend marriage with Gritsian.

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
7.5/10
The story that happened on the farm near Dikanka on the night before Christmas, when the village blacksmith Vakula, having saddled the Devil, brought to his beloved Oksana, the daughter of a rich Cossack Chub, queen's "сherevichki"(the little women shoes) from the capital — St. Petersburg.

Aybolit-66

Aybolit-66
6.8/10
An eccentric musical comedy based on the tale of Korney Chukovsky. In Africa, monkeys fell ill. This news was reported to Dr. Aybolit by the monkey Chichi, who escaped from the robber Barmaley. Aybolit and his assistants — Chichi and the dog Avva — are in a hurry to save the monkeys from the disease. But Barmaley and his robbers are trying to stop them. First, they capture the doctor’s ship at sea and throw Aybolit, Avva and Chichi into the water, but they swim to Africa.

Businessmen

Businessmen
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/05/1963
  • Character: Билл "Старина Хэнк"
Three stories based on O. Henry novels.

A Star of the Screen

A Star of the Screen
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/09/1974
A young actress before playing in the movie legendary partisan, looking for everyone who knew her character. And suddenly learns that the fearless guerrilla is alive and works as the Director of resort hotel where the film crew stopped. Then follow the exciting meeting of the rising movie star with the heroine of the glorious past and the truth of life…

Seven Old Men and One Girl

Seven Old Men and One Girl
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/06/1968
Lara Velichko is a young coach who's dreaming about coaching world champions but suddenly she's forced to train a group of a very grumpy old men.

Где вы, рыцари?

Где вы, рыцари?
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/12/1971

Circus in the Circus

Circus in the Circus
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 13/02/1976
  • Character: Эдуард Смирнов
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler (Iva Janzurová), British associate professor, makes her understood with the animals in their language but the Czech professor Ruzicka (Jirí Sovák), though he is capable of using the animals language, prefers teaching the animals the human language. Ruzicka's friend, the poodle Archibald, speaks "in Human" very well. The scientific dispute ends with a bet - if Ruzicka teaches the circus elephant to sing, Mrs Whistler will eat up her hat.

Save the Drowning Man

Save the Drowning Man
6.3/10
The film tells about the pioneer Andrew and his friend. They imitate the accident in front of foreign tourists on the water. The young correspondent Egor noticed this, and as a result, the portraits of the pioneer hang wherever possible, he receives an invitation to the radio, people shot a movie about him. And now, when friends wanted to retreat, they began to realize that it would not be as easy as it seems...

A Friend in Court Is Better...

A Friend in Court Is Better...
6/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedy
  • Release: 05/07/1959
  • Character: driver of the truck
Director of Museum of local lore Ivan Bazhanov, being an enthusiast of the business, went treasure hunting, taking with him a few accidentally encountered people. They understand in pursuit of the treasure that sincere friendship is priceless.

Понедельник – день тяжелый

Понедельник – день тяжелый
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/06/1964
  • Character: повар в кафе-ресторане

Little Hare

Little Hare
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1964
  • Character: шумовик в театре
How can anyone take a person seriously when his last name is Zaychik (Little Hare). Everyone can manipulate and make fun of him. And Zaychik never strikes back just because he is too shy. But to the surprise of everyone love makes a lion out of little hare.

The White Grand Piano

The White Grand Piano
5.9/10
Musicologist Alla Arsenyeva arrives in Tadjikistan on a mission. Her goal is to find a unique white grand piano, known to be made in France in the nineteenth century. Rumours say it was last seen in the republic’s capital Dushanbe. The local authorities, however, are uncooperative and do whatever they can to thwart her efforts, attempting to make the rare instrument national property. But Alla persists, assisted by her new friends, the celebrated composer J.J. Ahmedov, his young colleague Shodi, the charming Lola and the old woman Roziya-Bibi.

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