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Carnival Night (Russian: Карнавальная ночь, romanized: Karnavalnaya noch) is a 1956 Soviet musical film. It is Eldar Ryazanov's first big-screen film, Lyudmila Gurchenko's first role and also one of the most famous films starring popular comedian Igor Ilyinsky. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1956 with a total of 48.64 million tickets sold.
Original Release
12/29/1956
US Release
12/29/1956
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Igor Ilyinsky | Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov / Серафим Иванович Огурцов |
| Lyudmila Gurchenko | Lena - Krylova / Леночка Крылова |
| Yuri Belov | Grisha - Koltsov / Гриша Кольцов |
| Georgiy Kulikov | Usikov - Seryozha / Серёжа Усиков |
| Sergey Filippov | Lector - Comrade Nekadilov / лектор Никадилов |
| Olga Vlasova | Ramashkina - Adelaida Kuzminichna / Аделаида Кузьминична Ромашкина |
| Andrey Tutyshkin | Bookkeeper - Fyodor Petrovich Mironov / Фёдор Петрович Миронов |
| Tamara Nosova | Tosya - Burygina, Ogurtsov's secretary / Тося Бурыгина |
| Gennadi Yudin | Conductor - of the Youth Orchestra / дирижер оркестра |
| Vladimir Zeldin | Clown - 'Top' Nikolay Sidorov / Николаев |
Directors
Writers
Boris Laskin, Vladimir Polyakov
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Igor Ilyinsky | Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov / Серафим Иванович Огурцов |
| Lyudmila Gurchenko | Lena - Krylova / Леночка Крылова |
| Yuri Belov | Grisha - Koltsov / Гриша Кольцов |
| Georgiy Kulikov | Usikov - Seryozha / Серёжа Усиков |
| Sergey Filippov | Lector - Comrade Nekadilov / лектор Никадилов |
| Olga Vlasova | Ramashkina - Adelaida Kuzminichna / Аделаида Кузьминична Ромашкина |
| Andrey Tutyshkin | Bookkeeper - Fyodor Petrovich Mironov / Фёдор Петрович Миронов |
| Tamara Nosova | Tosya - Burygina, Ogurtsov's secretary / Тося Бурыгина |
| Gennadi Yudin | Conductor - of the Youth Orchestra / дирижер оркестра |
| Vladimir Zeldin | Clown - 'Top' Nikolay Sidorov / Николаев |
| Boris Petker | Clown - 'Tip' Nikolayev / Николай Сидоров |
| Valentin Bryleev | Kostya - sound engineer / Костя |
| Aleksey Polevoy | Eduard Nikiforov - illusionist magician / Эдуард Никифоров |
| Semyon Khmelnitskiy | Telegin - City Council and Central Committee of Trade Union member / Василий Павлович Телегин |
| Antonina Smetankina | Aunt Dusya - cleaning woman / тетя Дуся |
| Vladimir Pitsek | Janitor / Полотер |
| Feliks Yavorsky | Choir Club leader / руководитель хорового кружка |
| Anatoliy Kirillov | Amateur participant / участник самодеятельности |
| Yelizaveta Pokrovskaya | Yelizaveta Telegina |
| Boris Gusakov | Mexican dancer / чечёточник-мексиканец |
