Gentlemen of Fortune

“An Inharmonious Comedy”

7.8

1971

1h 28m

ComedyCrimeDrama

Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.

Key Crew

Director

Aleksandr Sery

Producers

Aleksandra Demidova

Writers

Georgiy Daneliya

Viktoriya Tokareva

Cinematography

Georgiy Kupriyanov

Music

Gennadiy Gladkov

Cast (17)

Evgeni Leonov

Евгений Иванович Трошкин / Доцент, Сан Саныч Белый

Georgiy Vitsin

Гаврила Петрович Шереметьев, Хмырь

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