The Golden Calf
Seen it?1968 | 174 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With 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
- Great for book lovers and anyone who wants a laugh. Adapted from a book, so readers can compare notes.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 54 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 54 min.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1968: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- 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 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mikhail Shveitser
- Sergei YurskyOstap Bender
- Leonid KuravlyovShura Balaganov
- Zinoviy GerdtPanikovsky
- Evgeniy EvstigneevKoreiko
- Nikolai BoyarskyKozlevich
- Svetlana StarikovaZosya Sinitskaya
- Pavel VinnikBerlaga
- Mikhail KokshenovSekretar
- Konstantin VoinovSkumbriyevich
- Igor YasulovichCar Enthusiast