On the day of their silver wedding, the wife accused her husband of being impotent and went to another man - an Arab sheikh who suddenly turned up. The manhood of a dejected spouse is wounded and cannot be treated - but then love unexpectedly arrives...
Production
Peak 90s Russian TV aesthetic—cheap, loud, unhinged.
Costume
The sheikh outfit deserves its own making-of documentary.
Director
Anatoly Eyramdzhan
Mikhail Derzhavin
Vladimir Grammatikov
Natalya Seleznyova
Татьяна, жена Михаила
Tatyana Dogileva
Вика, подруга Саши
Roksana Babayan
Халима
Marina Dyuzheva
Маша
Larisa Udovichenko
Lyubov Polishchuk
Irina Shmeleva
Ivan Bortnik
Georgi Martirosyan
Mikhail Kokshenov
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Karen Avanesyan
Tatyana Alekseeva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-Soviet Russia's obsession with 'Eastern' exoticism peaked in 90s comedies—this is basically Borat's tragic ancestor.
Director Anatoly Eyramdzhan was a prolific TV movie factory; this gem sits between his 'detective' and 'melodrama' phases.
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