The Golden Calf
A picaresque comedy of schemes and cons set in 1930s Soviet society, driven by a charming rogue's elaborate plots and satirical wit.
A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.
Essence
Ensemble
Sergei Yursky
Ostap Bender
Leonid Kuravlyov
Shura Balaganov
Zinoviy Gerdt
Panikovsky
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Koreiko
Nikolai Boyarsky
Kozlevich
Svetlana Starikova
Zosya Sinitskaya
Pavel Vinnik
Berlaga
Mikhail Kokshenov
Sekretar
Konstantin Voinov
Skumbriyevich
Igor Yasulovich
Car Enthusiast
Radner Muratov
Zagirov
Yevgeni Perov
Polykhaev
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