Carnival Night
Carnival Night (Russian: Карнавальная ночь, romanized: Karnavalnaya noch) is a 1956 Soviet musical film. It is Eldar Ryazanov's first big-screen film, Lyudmila Gurchenko's first role and also one of the most famous films starring popular comedian Igor Ilyinsky.
| Carnival Night | |
|---|---|
Original film poster by Mikhail Heifits, 1956. | |
| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by | Boris Laskin Vladimir Polyakov |
| Starring | Igor Ilyinsky Lyudmila Gurchenko Yuri Belov |
| Cinematography | Arkadi Koltsaty |
| Music by | Anatoli Lepin |
Production company | Mosfilm |
Release dates | 1956 (Soviet Union) November 2, 1957 (U.S.) |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | 48.64 million tickets sold. |
Produced during the Khrushchev Thaw, the film became the Soviet box office leader of 1956 with a total of 48.64 million tickets sold. Today it remains a highly popular New Year's Eve classic in Russia and the post-Soviet space.
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