Carnival Night
Карнавальная ночь
Synopsis
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.
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Igor Ilyinsky
Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Lena Krylova
Yuri Belov
Grisha Koltsov
Georgiy Kulikov
Usikov
Sergei Filippov
comrade Nekadilov
Olga Vlasova
Romashkina
Andrei Tutyshkin
accountant
Tamara Nosova
Tosya
Gennadi Yudin
conductor
Vladimir Zeldin
Nikolaev, clown Tip
Boris Petker
Nikolay Sidorov, сlown Top
Valentin Bryleev
Aleksey Polevoy
Semyon Khmelnitskiy
Antonina Smetankina
Vladimir Pitsek
Feliks Yavorsky
Anatoliy Kirillov
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Screenplay & Story
- Boris Laskin, Vladimir Polyakov
- Original Score
- Anatoliy Lepin
- Original Title
- Карнавальная ночь
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Production Studios
- Mosfilm
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Eldar Ryazanov
Boris Laskin, Vladimir Polyakov, Vadim Korostylyov, Vladimir Lifshits, N. Orlov
Anatoliy Lepin
Arkadi Koltsaty
Aleksandra Kamagorova
Department Leadership Roster
Eldar Ryazanov
Director
Arkadi Koltsaty
Director of Photography
Oleg Grosse
Production Design
Konstantin Efimov
Production Design
Aleksandra Kamagorova
Editor
Anatoliy Lepin
Original Music Composer
Boris Laskin
Screenplay
Vladimir Polyakov
Screenplay
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Frequently Asked Questions About Carnival Night
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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.
Who directed Carnival Night?
Carnival Night was directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
Who stars in Carnival Night?
The principal cast of Carnival Night includes Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov, Georgiy Kulikov, Sergei Filippov.
When was Carnival Night released and how long is it?
Carnival Night was released in 1956 with a total runtime of 1h 18m.
Who composed the musical score for Carnival Night?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Carnival Night was composed by Anatoliy Lepin.