A man's boots go missing and suddenly EVERYONE'S life unravels. Soviet chaos at its finest.
The piano tuner Murkin, an elderly and sickly man, sets out in the morning to find his boots, in which his neighbor's overnight guest has mistakenly left.
Acting
Mikhail Zharov's magnificently grumpy physical comedy.
Writing
A simple premise that spirals into glorious social chaos.
Director
Vladimir Nemolyayev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare surviving example of Soviet 'bytovaya komediya' — domestic comedy that satirized everyday life without overt political messaging, which made it oddly subversive.
Director Nemolyayev was primarily an actor; this was one of only three films he directed, making it a fascinating one-off from someone who understood performance from the inside.
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