Soviet comedy legends + actual bear traps = cinema's most dangerous New Year's party.
The brightest stars of Soviet cinema and pop music on New Year's Eve 1966 for reasons beyond their control found themselves in the forest. The actors do not suspect that they are trapped, they are being hunted and traps are set.
Acting
Three iconic clowns genuinely risking limbs for slapstick.
Practical Effects
Real bear traps, real Soviet winter, real insurance nightmares.
Direction
Saakov herding comedians while nature tries to murder them.
Director
Yuri Saakov
Oleg Anofriev
hunter
Evgeni Leonov
hunter
Viktor Khokhryakov
forester
Georgiy Vitsin
Trus
Yuriy Nikulin
Balbes
Yevgeni Morgunov
Byvaly
Lyudmila Krylova
Snow White
Mariya Mironova
taxi passenger
Aleksandr Menaker
taxi passenger
Andrey Mironov
taxi driver
Aleksandr Khvylia
Ded Moroz
Ivan Lyubeznov
Arkadiy Raykin
Mark Bernes
Polad Bulbuloghlu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Hunters' trio (Vitsin/Nikulin/Morgunov) were Soviet equivalents of the Three Stooges, their final collaborative project.
Shot on actual New Year's Eve 1966; the 'trapped' premise became literally true when weather stranded the crew.
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