The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром!
Synopsis
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...
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Type: Trailer • Published 2013-12-24
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Andrey Myagkov
Zhenya Lukashin
Barbara Brylska
Nadia Sheveleva
Yuriy Yakovlev
Hippolytus Georgievich
Aleksandr Shirvindt
Pavel
Georgi Burkov
Misha
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Sasha
Liya Akhedzhakova
Tanya, Nadia's friend
Valentina Talyzina
Nadia's friend
Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
Zhenya's mom
Lyubov Sokolova
Nadia's mom
Olga Naumenko
Galya
Gotlib Roninson
passenger at the airport
Eldar Ryazanov
airplane passenger
Elena Naumkina
barmaid at the airport (uncredited)
Boris Rudnev
taxi driver (uncredited)
Nikolay Pogodin
guest with accordion (uncredited)
Nikolai Kuznetsov
neighbor
Mikhail Bocharov
neighbor with dog
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Screenplay & Story
- Eldar Ryazanov, Emil Braginskiy, I. Naumova, Aleksandr Kochetkov
- Original Score
- Mikael Tariverdiev
- Original Title
- Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром!
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 3h 12m
- Production Studios
- Mosfilm
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Ryazanov, Emil Braginskiy, I. Naumova, Aleksandr Kochetkov
Mikael Tariverdiev
Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Valeriya Belova
Efim Golynskiy
Department Leadership Roster
Eldar Ryazanov
Writer
Eldar Ryazanov
Director
Emil Braginskiy
Writer
Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Borisov
Production Design
Olga Kruchinina
Costume Design
Valeriya Belova
Editor
Mikael Tariverdiev
Original Music Composer
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What is The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! about?
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...
Who directed The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!?
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! was directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
Who stars in The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!?
The principal cast of The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! includes Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yuriy Yakovlev, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Georgi Burkov.
When was The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! released and how long is it?
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! was released in 1976 with a total runtime of 3h 12m.
Who composed the musical score for The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!?
The original motion picture soundtrack for The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! was composed by Mikael Tariverdiev.