Best movie of this year hands down!

I love this movie so much

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

"Unbelievable adventures of Italians in Russia" is what you can call a classic Russian slapstick comedy. It evolves around a bunch of Italians who gain knowledge about a treasure hidden somewhere in Saint Petersburg by an old woman and who try to be the first to find it, individually. Of course, in the course of the following events, many unbelievable and comical happenings arise and the rules of plausibility are very kindly interpreted.You do notice that this movie is not a recent one. It celebrates a form of comedy not very modern and doesn't let out a bunch of very stereotypical depictions of foreign characteristics. Sometimes the movie arrives at a dead end and the jokes don't work out perfectly and some sequences are even a bit too long.Nevertheless, there's a lot of creativity put into this movie and you have to admire that. Some of the gags, as obvious as they may be, really stick to mind and bring at least a smile on your face. I can imagine that it matches the humor of quite a lot of people perfectly, personally I'm not the biggest slapstick fan but I did like this movie and laughed quite a few times about the sheer absurdity of events.If you're looking for something to turn off your brain and bring a bit of joy into the evening, I recommend you to give it a try.

I have to admit I have a soft spot for spoofs, slapstick comedies like Airplane or Hot shots. I never knew any non-American movie like these existed and the Soviet Union would be on the bottom of my list of countries that would produce one.And here we are. My expectations of propaganda, political message and social morals were unfounded: it's a light Russian-speaking comedy (the Italians in the movie speak Russian) with Italian and Soviet stereotypes from mafioso to secret police officer with a lot of explosions, car chases, damage to historical sites, nice shots of iconic sites in Russia, a lot of laugh while the highlight being the female protagonist visibly enjoying the movie at least as much as the viewers...Good fun for the whole family and nostalgic to those who grew up in Eastern bloc countries.

This is a pretty good Soviet comedy co-produced by Soviets and some Italians (I don't remember exactly the name of the studio). Italians are portrayed as very active and jolly people, although more interested in pursuing material goals such as finding a hidden treasure in the advent of the Russian Revolution. They don't care about Communist ideals. The Russian character is the only positive character in the movie, a kind of Soviet James Bond. He finally conquers the main female character. Otherwise Soviet women are mostly absent from the movie. Clear signs of propaganda are two: 1) Italian hospitals are presented as being overcrowded so that at some point two patients (a man and a woman) have to share the same bed, 2) there is a lot of chaos in Italy and the Mafia stereotype is reinforced by a short Mafiosi.Otherwise there aren't any references to the Soviet Communist party as far as I recall. Lots of special effects and stunts, so I suppose the Soviets spent a lot of money on the movie.

It is not my favorite Ryasanov's movie, but nevertheless I recommend it for everybody who like comedies about treasure hunting. The plot is quite usual. Somewhere in very poor Italian hospital dies old Russian lady, who appears to be one of noble Russian aristocrats. She left Russia after revolution 1917, but she was not able to take with her all her treasures. So in the hospital, before she dies, she reveals to everybody, who is near her (her granddaughter, gangster, doctor, paramedics, patients) her secret. And treasure hunt begins! The movie is quite funny, but not the best example of Russian comedies. The good news is that unlike many Russian comedies which are fun only for native speakers, this one can be comprehended by any audience.