Peculiarities of the National Hunt

★★★★★

Original title: Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty

1995 · 1 h 33 min

Directed by Alexander Rogozhkin

Comedy

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Cast

Ville Haapasalo Viktor Bychkov Sergey Russkin Aleksey Buldakov Semyon Strugachyov Sergei Kupriianov

Credits

Written by: Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Plot

A Finnish visitor to a Russian hunting trip with military men gets drunk with his hosts and is caught in a series of comic misadventures, in a classic Russian comedy.

Sinekatalog’s take

A beloved Russian comedy classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (5,329 votes)
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