A country bumpkin crashes Moscow's elite university armed only with chaos, principles, and terrible English.
A graduate of the village school Pyotr Gorokhov from the village of Dyadkovo comes to Moscow to enter a prestigious economic university; he succeeds, albeit literally by a miracle. However, Petya was always helped out by chance and mysticism. Compared to other students (mostly Muscovites and residents of other big cities), this guy from the province stands out sharply — both in manners, in reprimand, and in behavior. Accustomed to defend their principles to the end of Gorokhov was called Balamut (Troublemaker). Nevertheless, in the student community, he quickly mastered and became a leader. Everything would be fine, but he has two problems — unrequited love for the dark-skinned beauty from Cuba and English...
Acting
Andreyev's committed physical comedy as the disaster protagonist.
Production
Genuine 1979 Moscow university locations.
Director
Vladimir Rogovoy
Vadim Andreyev
Pyotr Gorokhov
Natalya Kaznacheyeva
Anya
Nikolai Denisov
Sanya
Vladimir Shikhov
Ogorodnikov
Valentina Klyagina
Katya
Otkyam Iskenderov
Maksud
Noris Polastre
Noris
Evgeniy Karelskikh
Serebryakov
Larisa Blinova
Sinyakina
Yevgeniya Simonova
Valentina Nikolayevna
Vadim Zakharchenko
Kireyev
Yuriy Sarantsev
dean of the faculty
Varvara Obukhova
grandmother Matryona
Roman Filippov
Fyodor
Kapitolina Ilyenko
grandmother Nastya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'provincial in Moscow' trope dominated Soviet comedy, reflecting real anxieties about urban-rural divides in late USSR.
Director Rogovoy was primarily known for children's films; this adult comedy was a rare departure that critics mostly ignored.
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