The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!

(1976)Directed by Eldar Ryazanov192 minTV Movie, Comedy, Romance

On New Year's Eve in Moscow, Zhenya Lukashin (Andrey Myagkov) and his friends keep their yearly tradition of going to the public bathhouse, and the vodka and beer hit harder than usual. Eldar Ryazanov follows Zhenya as he wakes at Leningrad airport, takes a taxi to what he thinks is his own address, and lets himself in with his own key. Nadia Sheveleva (Barbara Brylska) comes home to find a stranger in her bed, and Zhenya is the one who has no idea where he is.

Andrey Myagkovas Zhenya Lukashin
Barbara Brylskaas Nadia Sheveleva
Yuriy Yakovlevas Hippolytus Georgievich
Liya Akhedzhakovaas Tanya, Nadia's friend
Valentina Talyzinaas Nadia's friend
Lyubov Dobrzhanskayaas Zhenya's mom
Lyubov Sokolovaas Nadia's mom
Olga Naumenkoas Galya
Gotlib Roninsonas passenger at the airport
Eldar Ryazanovas airplane passenger
Elena Naumkinaas barmaid at the airport (uncredited)
Boris Rudnevas taxi driver (uncredited)
Nikolay Pogodinas guest with accordion (uncredited)
Nikolay Kuznetsovas neighbor
Mikhail Bocharovas neighbor with dog
Aleksandr Postnikovas passerby