Carnival Night (1956)
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.
Cast
- Igor Ilyinsky - Serafim Ivanovich Ogurtsov
- Lyudmila Gurchenko - Lena Krylova
- Yuri Belov - Grisha Koltsov
- Andrei Tutyshkin - Fyodor Petrovich Mironov
- Olga Vlasova - Adelaida Kuzminichna Romashkina
- Tamara Nosova - Tosya Burigina
- Georgiy Kulikov - Seryozha Usikov
- Gennadi Yudin - jazz band Conductor
- Vladimir Zeldin - Nikolayev
- Boris Petker - Nikolay Sidorov
Screenplay
- Boris Laskin
- Vladimir Polyakov
- Vadim Korostylyov (Lyricist)
- Vladimir Lifshits (Lyricist)
- N. Orlov (Script Editor)
Themes
Musical Theater and Broadway Magic, Broadway Musical and Stage Glamour, Musical Spectacle
Keywords
musical
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Carnival Night about?
- 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.
- Who directed Carnival Night?
- Carnival Night was directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
- Who stars in Carnival Night?
- Carnival Night stars Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov, Andrei Tutyshkin, Olga Vlasova, Tamara Nosova.
- How long is Carnival Night?
- Carnival Night has a runtime of 1h 18m (78 minutes).
- What genre is Carnival Night?
- Carnival Night is a Music, Comedy, Romance film.
- Where was Carnival Night produced?
- Carnival Night was produced in Soviet Union.
- What are the themes of Carnival Night?
- The themes of Carnival Night include: Musical Theater and Broadway Magic, Broadway Musical and Stage Glamour, Musical Spectacle.