

Vladimir Vysotsky plays FOUR disguises in a Soviet musical spy comedy that's absolutely unhinged.
The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a Bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.
Acting
Vysotsky's shape-shifting manic energy carries four roles.
Production
Absurdly lavish sets for a 1987 Soviet musical comedy.
Score
Vysotsky's own songs woven into the revolutionary plot.

Director
Gennadi Poloka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vysotsky died in 1980; this film was shelved for seven years, making his posthumous quadruple performance even more surreal.
The 'Intervention' refers to the 1918 Allied invasion of Crimea, barely taught in Western history—this film assumes you already know who was fighting whom.