The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!(Movie, 1975)

Name: The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
Genre: Comedy, Romance / Love, TV Movie
Released: 1975
Duration: T03:4:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром!" (Russian/RU)

3h 4min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love, TV Movie

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 91 votes)

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (Russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, romanized: Ironiya sud'by, ili S lyogkim parom!, literally: The Irony of Fate, or With A Light Steam!), usually shortened to The Irony of Fate, is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and starring Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev and Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya. The screenplay was written by Emil Braginsky and Ryazanov, loosely based on the director's 1971 play, Once on New Year's Eve (Russian: Однажды в новогоднюю ночь). Filmed at the Mosfilm Studios, The Irony of Fate doubles as a screwball comedy and a love story tinged with sadness. It was one of the most successful Soviet television productions and remains a highly popular New Year's Eve classic in Russia... ()

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About The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!

A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...

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Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром - трейлер(Trailer, 2:36)

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Production country: Soviet Union

Shot in: Troparyovo-Nikulino District

Plays in: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union

Based on the work of: Alexander Ostrovsky

Derivative works/Adaptions: "About Fate" (movie, 2022)

Made by: Mosfilm

Original language: Russian (RU)

Spoken languages: Russian (RU)

Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/31/1975

Cast: Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev, Alexander Belyavsky, Georgi Burkov, Eldar Ryazanov, Valentina Talyzina, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya, Olga Naumenko, Lyubov Sokolova, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Gotlib Roninson, Liya Akhedzhakova

Voice Actor: Sergey Nikitin, Valentina Talyzina, Alla Pugacheva

Director: Eldar Ryazanov

Screenwriter: Emil Braginsky, Eldar Ryazanov

Director of Photography: Vladimir Nakhabtsev, Vadim Alisov

Composer: Mikael Tariverdiev

Production Designer: Aleksandr Borisov

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Likteņa ironija jeb Vieglu garu!"

"Ironiya Sudby, ili S Legkim Parom!"

"Ирония судьбы или с легким паром"

"Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!"

Keywords: based on novel or book

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