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Plot Summary:
In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find the treasure, each one for himself/herself. What's worse - the only information they have is that the treasure is under a lion - and it's in Leningrad, a city known by its numerous statues of lions. The story gets even more interesting when the soviet militia (police) learns about the whole thing and send an undercover agent.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, road movie
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Plot Summary:
An insurance agent who moonlights as a carthief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best friend, a cop, is assigned to bring in this modern robin hood.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 413
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Country: Soviet Union
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 235
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 822
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IMDB Votes: 522
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IMDB Votes: 542
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IMDB Votes: 82
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 56
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 594
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 255
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 131
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Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
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IMDB Votes: 81
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IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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Twelve Chairs (1977)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
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A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
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Country: USA
Duration: 210 min
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Corvette Summer (1978)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
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Country: Soviet Union
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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976)
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A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Years 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.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
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Country: Soviet Union
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IMDB Votes: 7000
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Striped Trip (1961)
Plot Summary:
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min
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