Soviet tourists panic over fake comet while filmmakers fake a ship—chaos ensues.
In a small coastal town,in the middle of the summer,the beaches are overcrowded,every piece of land occupied by tents and the cars of the tourists.A small group of filmmakers decide to shoot here a "masterpiece" by putting on a fake bank a ship.Suddenly,the crowd spreads the rumor that a comet will fall to the Earth very soon.At the last moment the most savvy vacationers decide to save themselves from a certain death by making some last minute unexpected changes in the script...
Direction
Viktorov wrangles actual crowds for controlled anarchy.
Production
Fake bank ship on real beach = peak Soviet resourcefulness.
Director
Richard Viktorov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual peak tourism season in Crimea—those crowds aren't extras, they're real confused vacationers.
Viktorov never told local authorities about the comet rumor scenes; some officials actually intervened thinking it was real.
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