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Carnival Night

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1956 | 78 min | Music, Comedy, Romance

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With rough reviews, almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Corpse Bride or Enchanted, start here.
The mood
Light and funny, romantic.
The pace
Breezy, at 1 hr 18 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1956: an older pace and style.

It is the New Year's Eve and the employees of an Economics Institute are ready with their annual New Year's entertainment program. It includes a lot of dancing and singing, jazz band performance and even magic tricks. Suddenly, an announcement is made that a new director has been elected and that he is arriving shortly. Comrade Ogurtsov arrives in time to review and disapprove of the scheduled entertainment. To him, holiday fun has a different meaning. He imagines speakers reading annual reports to show the Institute's progress over the year, and, perhaps, a bit of serious music, something from the Classics, played by the Veterans' Orchestra. Obviously, no one wants to change the program a few hours before the show, much less to replace it with something so boring! Now everyone has to team up in order to prevent Ogurtsov from getting to the stage. As some of them trap Ogurtsov one way or another, others perform their scheduled pieces and celebrate New Year's Eve.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    Mostly negative reviews

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 6K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Eldar Ryazanov

  • Igor IlyinskySerafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov
  • Lyudmila GurchenkoLena Krylova
  • Yuri BelovGrisha Koltsov
  • Georgiy KulikovUsikov
  • Sergei Filippovcomrade Nekadilov
  • Olga VlasovaRomashkina
  • Andrei Tutyshkinaccountant
  • Tamara NosovaTosya
  • Gennadi Yudinconductor
  • Vladimir ZeldinNikolaev, clown Tip