The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!

Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!

Soviet Union

1975

192 Min

Color

1.37:1

Russian

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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SCR Eldar Ryazanov, Emil Braginsky

CAST Andrei Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yuri Yakovlev, Liya Akhedzhakova, Alexander Shirvindt, Georgi Burkov, Alexandr Belyavsky, Lyubov Sokolova, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya, Olga Naumenko, Valentina Talyzina, Eldar Ryazanov

Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union.
He was named a People’s Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.
Among his most famous films are Carnival Night (1955), Hussar Ballad (1962), Beware of the Car (1966), The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979), and A Cruel Romance (1984). Ryazanov’s main genre is tragicomedy.

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Bryter Layter

2Feb12

Hilarious!!

msmichel

21Aug11

Overlong but charming tale examining the cookie-cutter modernization of urban life. A man winds up in another city, takes a cab to his adress not realzing where he is as everything is pretty much the same. That is until the woman who lives there shows up. A farce ensues. Those reading political content into this one may be overreaching a little. A light comedy really that could have been better an hour shorter.

efe

27Dec10

Art critics see the film as a work of social criticism, about the monotony and soulless uniformity under Soviet communism. But by far the most resonant theme is easy to pick out – heavy drinking. More national TV stations should broadcast the film during New Year's eve.

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