Peculiarities of the National Hunting (1995) (English subtitles) (6/7).

Peculiarities of the National Hunting (1995) (English subtitles) (6/7).

Peculiarities of National Hunting is the first and most notable "russian national comedy". As soon as the comedy was released it became a nation-wide success in Russia and an absolute leader of Russian box office in 1995. It has won Nika and Kinotavr awards.
A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, a police detective, local forest ranger (a devotee of Zen Buddhism) and some big-city types from St. Petersburg. Inevitably, their good intentions soon give way to endless drinking, visits to local farm girls and much else besides. But still he doesn't regret about wasted time...
As soon as the comedy was released it became a nation-wide success in Russia. It is brilliant in every way: the plot, the actors, the spirit of merrymaking - all this makes the comedy a national favourite. The comedy allows Russians to have a good laugh at themselves as it highlights popular Russian beliefs, makes fun of the fabulous Russian vodka-drinking and spinning yarn stories of hunters.

Fun Stuff:
As Raivo gets acquainted with the group, one of them cracks that the Russian elephant is the best friend of the Finnish elephant, a line which leaves the Finn completely bewildered. This is a reference to a well-known Soviet joke poking fun at academics whose adherence to the party line often resulted in nonsense. The joke: Competing to write a book on African elephants, a Frenchman produces a volume on the love lives of elephants; a German writes a 21-volume series titled "A Brief Introduction to the African Elephant", and the Soviet writer comes up with just one sentence: "The African elephant is the best friend of the Soviet elephant."

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Crew.
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Writer: Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Cast.
Ville Haapasalo as Raivo
Viktor Bychkov as Kuzmich
Sergei Ruskin as Sergei Olegovich
Aleksei Buldakov as General
Semyon Strugachyov as Lyova Soloveychik
Sergei Kupriyanov as Kachalov
Sergei Guslinsky as Semyonov
Igor Sergeyev as Count
Igor Dobryakov as Nobleman
Yuri Makusinsky as Hunter
Boris Cherdyntsev as Commandant
Aleksandr Zavyalov as Ensign

© LENFILM, 1995.
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Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiarities_of_National_Hunt
Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114055/
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English subtitles from: http://www.opensubtitles.or

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