

Au-u!
1976-07-05 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.6
The film comprises three cinematic novellas: (1) “And They Arrived at the Peasant’s Hut… or the Adventures of Writer Senya in Search of the Hidden Word,” in which writer Senya draws inspiration for his rural novels from his housekeeper Yermolayevna’s tales; (2) “The Song, or How the Great Louarsab Organized a Choir,” where a city visitor attempts to form a choir of centenarian elders in a Georgian mountain village; (3) “What Is Our Life?! or What Is Our Life?!”—during a musical reenactment of pre-Revolutionary France, a drunken actor’s tardiness forces King Louis XIV (also the theater committee chairman) and the cast to improvise the play’s ending.
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- Directors
- Gerald Bezhanov, Yuriy Gorkovenko, Viktor Kryuchkov
- Production companies
- Mosfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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Vyacheslav Nevinnyyписатель Сеня («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Nadezhda Rumyantsevaжена Сени («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Georgiy Vitsinучёный-этнограф («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Nikolai Parfyonovжитель деревни («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Natalya Krachkovskayaпродавщица («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Valentina Vladimirovaторговка на базаре («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Mariya SkvortsovaНадежда Поленова («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Vladimir PitsekВаня муж тогровки («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Valentin Bryleevсержант милиции («И подъехали к избе сваты… Или похождения писателя Сени в поисках слова затаённого»)
Nodar PiranishviliЛуарсаб («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
David AbashidzeВарлаам Кипанидзе («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
Bukhuti ZakariadzeБухути («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
Yuri TsanavaМелитон («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
Valodia TsuladzeИлларион («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
Vakhtang NinuaИпполит Пипия («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
Dimitri Omiadzeучастник септета («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
Akaki Doborjginidzeучастник септета («Песня или как великий Луарсаб хор организовывал»)
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