Give me a complaints book
| Give Me a Book of Complaints | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by |
Alexander Galich Boris Laskin |
| Starring |
Oleg Borisov Larisa Golubkina Anatoly Kuznetsov |
| Music by | Anatoly Lepin |
| Cinematography |
Vladimir Nakhabtsev Anatoly Mukasey |
Production company | |
Release dates | 23 July 1965 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Give Me a Book of Complaints[1] (Russian: Дайте жалобную книгу[2], translit. Dayte zhalobnuyu knigu) is a 1965 Soviet film directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
Plot
A group of young journalists accidentally walks into the restaurant "Dandelion". The atmosphere in the restaurant is extremely unhealthy: rude waitresses, thieving barmaid, wretched interior, ridiculous restaurant singer and deputy director Kutaytsev, who is constantly drunk and encourages this mess. However, the young and energetic director of the restaurant Tatiana Shumova is trying, unsuccessfully, to deal with shortcomings of the restaurant that she was entrusted with.
Journalist Yuri Nikitin wrote a critical article about the restaurant, but hopelessly falls in love with Tatiana. Despite the opposition of bureaucrats, the young director Shumova manages to change the situation, making the restaurant an exemplary catering establishment, as well as finding love along the way...
Cast
- Oleg Borisov - Yuri V. Nikitin, journalist of the newspaper Youth
- Larisa Golubkina – Tatiana A. Shumova, director of the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Anatoly Kuznetsov - Ivan I. Kondakov, head of the regional department of trade, Tatiana's bridegroom
- Anatoli Papanov - Vasily V. Kutaytsev, deputy director of the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Nikolai Kryuchkov - Nikolay Ivanovich, head of department of trade
- Nicholai Parfenov - Ivan S. Postnikov, deputy of head of department of trade
- Nina Agapova - barmaid Zinaida
- Tatyana Gavrilova - waitress Claudia Raspopova
- Natalia Surovegina - young waitress Raya
- Zoya Isaeva - waitress Vera
- Rina Zelyonaya - elderly singer at the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Larisa Mondrus - new and young singer at the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Georgi Tusuzov - Paul Kuzmich, doorman of the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Jemal Sikharulidze - Tengiz, journalist, Yuri Nikitin's friend
- Michaela Drozdovskaya - Masha, Tengiz's wife
- Yuri Belov - German, journalist, Yuri Nikitin's friend
- Vladimir Balon - journalist, Yuri Nikitin's friend
- Felix Jaworski - bespectacled journalist
- Eldar Ryazanov - chief editor of the newspaper Youth
- Zoya Fyodorova – Yekaterina Ivanovna, janitor of Tatiana Shumova's house
- Mikhail Pugovkin – Tatiana Shumova's neighbour
- Vladimir Shiryaev - Sasha, student
- Lyudmila Gnilova - Tamara, student
- Vera Popova - old lady
- Leonid Chubarov - policeman
- Alexander Lenkov - leader of the youth ensemble
- Yuri Nikulin - salesman in a clothing store, drunken rowdy to the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Georgy Vitsin - chief of the branch in a clothing store, drunken rowdy to the restaurant "Dandelion"
- Yevgeny Morgunov - director of clothing store, drunken rowdy to the restaurant "Dandelion"
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