This is a half-hour short film from the Soviet union. If I got it right, it consists apparently of two parts, the first roughly 20 minutes, the second 10 minutes. We follow 3 Russians and how they are mastering several challenges. This is a slapstick comedy that has a similar tone to the Stooges or Laurel/Hardy short films. Of course, these were a lot earlier, so director Gayday was a bit late to the table here. he made this film pretty early in their career. It's certainly fairly unique as I have not read about a similar or equally well-known short film from Russia that has a similar premise. Anyway, the three also have a pretty cute dog with them, which makes this one also interesting to younger audiences. Nice spoof of the MGM Lion early on by the way. Sadly, I cannot say I found this particularly funny. The dog was great and the landscapes were nice to watch, but the characters were fairly uninteresting. If you want to watch this and do not speak Russian, don't worry. There is no dialogue in here really, only one scene where the trio sings a Russian song. However, I do not recommend the watch.
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