The Irony of Fate (or Enjoy Your Bath) (Ryazanov) (2DVD)

“An absolutely untypical story, which could only occur on the New Year night” – is the subtitle of Eldar Ryazanov’s most popular film. This is a lyrical comedy about four friends going to the sauna in Moscow, as their annual tradition was, and having so much “heat” that Andrey Myagkov’s character ends up at the same apartment as his, in the same street, with the same furniture, only in Leningrad, where he unexpectedly interferes with the life of its lady-owner (Barbara Brylska)…

original title: Ironija sudby (ili s ljogkim parom!)
genre: comedy
director: Eldar Ryazanov
script: Emil Braginsky, Eldar Ryazanov
camera: Vladimir Nakhabtsev
music: Mikael Tariverdiyev
Rusland, 1975, Mosfilm

cast: Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev, Alexander Shirvindt, Georgy Burkov

extra's: Interviews with director Eldar Ryazanov, actors Yury Yakovlev, Valentina Talyzina / Composer Mikael Tariverdiyev and actor Georgy Burkov featurettes / Cast and Crew Filmographies

2 DVD5 / R2 / 4:3 / color
running time: 185 min.
sound: Dolby 2.0
spoken language: (original) Russian
subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish.