What a Mess!

What a Mess!

143 mins | Comedy | June 6, 1995

The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but also allow every Russian citizen to move to the Canary Islands. However, Mafia plans to steal the massive gem but a notorious thief, Vasia, ruins their plans. Mafia and militia begin chasing him, but soon Vasia learns that he has brothers as between the chase he runs into well known Jewish conductor and a gypsy baron who are triplet brothers.

What a Mess!

143 mins | Comedy | June 6, 1995

What a Mess!
The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but also allow every Russian citizen to move to the Canary Islands. However, Mafia plans to steal the massive gem but a notorious thief, Vasia, ruins their plans. Mafia and militia begin chasing him, but soon Vasia learns that he has brothers as between the chase he runs into well known Jewish conductor and a gypsy baron who are triplet brothers.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Ширли-мырли
Directors Vladimir Menshov
Writers Andrei Samsonov, Vitaly Moskalenko, Vladimir Menshov

Cast

Valeriy Garkalin

as Vasiliy Krolikov / Innokentiy Shniperson / Roman Almazov / Patrick Crolikow

Vera Alentova

as Carol Abzats / Zemfira Almazova / Lusiena Krolikova / Whitney Crolikow

Inna Churikova

as Praskov'ya Alekseyevna Krolikova

Leonid Kuravlyov

as USA ambassador

Lyubov Polishchuk

as Jennifer, Ambassador's wife

Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy

as Ambassador's bodyguard

Irina Apeksimova

as Step performer / Violinist from Conservatory

Sergey Batalov

as lieutenant

Igor Ugolnikov

as Piskunov Jean-Paul Nikolayevich

Lev Borisov

as Mafiosi

Aleksei Buldakov

as pilot

Yuriy Chernov

as Suitcase carrier

Rolan Bykov

as Head of Mafia / Brilliant's buyer

Vladimir Menshov

as Russian President / Commentator on TV

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

as Kozyulski

Oleg Tabakov

as Sukhodrishchev

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

as Father

Mikhail Kokshenov

as Ambassador's bodyguard

Nonna Mordyukova

as Registry Office Worker

Valeriy Nikolaev

as Step performer

Vsevolod Sanayev

as music lover

Yevgeni Vesnik

as Doctor

Pyotr Merkuryev

as Meloman

Oleg Efremov

as Nikolay Grigoryevich

Boris Smorchkov

as General

Sergei Artsybashev

as Registry Office Worker

Viktor Gajnov

as Kvazimodo

Yuriy Kuzmenkov

as man with a goat

Inna Kara-Mosko

as Carol's friend

Evgeniy Gerchakov

as director of the orchestra

Arkadiy Koval

as TV announcer

Yevgeni Aleksandrov

as reporter

Valeriy Afanasyev

as geologist Anatoliy Ivanov

Sergey Gabrielyan

as Ravil Beliletdinov

Tatyana Kravchenko

as Bronislava Rosenbaum

Vladimir Gusev

as general

Ivan Martynov

as mobster

Sergey Ruban

as mobster

Nina Alisova

as music lover

Klavdiya Kozlenkova

as passenger (uncredited)

Marina Golub

as director of the Philharmonic

Maxim Glotov

as traffic cop