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Gentlemen of Fortune

1971 · Film · 88 min

  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama

Plot

Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.

About Gentlemen of Fortune

Gentlemen of Fortune (Russian: Джентльмены удачи, romanized: Dzhentlmeny udachi) is a 1971 Soviet crime comedy-drama film, filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Sery. The stars of the film include famous Soviet actors such as Yevgeny Leonov, Georgy Vitsin, Savely Kramarov and Radner Muratov. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1972, drawing 65.02 million box office admissions.

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Cast

  • Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Ivanovich Troshkin / Dotsent
  • Georgiy VitsinKhmyr
  • Savely KramarovKosoy
  • Radner MuratovAlibaba
  • Erast GarinNikolai Georgievich Maltsev
  • Natalya FateyevaLyudmila, Maltsev's daughter
  • Roman Filippovauthority Nikolai Pitersky
  • Oleg Vidovsenior lieutenant Vladimir Nikolaevich Slavin
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