The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets: stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.
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Mikhail Pugovkin
Gorbushkin
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Nina Grebeshkova
Gorbushkina
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Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Gorbushkina's brother
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Mikhail Svetin
Vitaly Borisovich
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Oleg Dal
Anatoly Barygin-Amursky
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Svetlana Kryuchkova
Zinulya
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Mikhail Kokshenov
«big guy»
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Natalya Seleznyova
Tanyusha
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Yevgeni Zharikov
Nikolay
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Ivan's Childhood
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Larisa Eryomina
Sofochka
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Vladimir Zavitushkin
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Valentina Telichkina
Katerina
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Leonid Gaidai Director · Vladlen Bakhnov Screenplay Mikhail Zoschenko Author
First release October 23, 1975 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Не может быть!
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Не может быть!
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 23, 1975
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
December 1, 1978 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 4, 1976 · Theatrical
Poland
May 10, 1976 · Theatrical
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