Carnival Night (1956)
- Original title
- Карнавальная ночь
- Directed by
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Genre
- musical film, comedy drama
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 78 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of young people plan a lively New Year's Eve party at a cultural center. A stuffy bureaucrat tries to control the entertainment, but the determined youth find creative ways to keep the celebration fun and spontaneous.
lightheartedcomedicupbeatfestivewhimsicalnostalgicenergeticoptimistic
What happens
Carnival Night (Russian: Карнавальная ночь, romanized: Karnavalnaya noch) is a 1956 Soviet musical film. It is Eldar Ryazanov's first big-screen film, and Lyudmila Gurchenko's first role. It is also one of the most famous films starring popular comedian Igor Ilyinsky. Produced during the Khrushchev Thaw, the film became the Soviet box office leader of 1956 with a total of 48.64 million tickets sold. Today it remains a highly popular New Year's Eve classic across Russia and the former Soviet Union. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Behind the Footlights (1956)
- Two hours earlier (1967)
- A Crazy Day (1956)
- Сказки русского леса (1966)
- The Irony of Fate (1976)
- Honeymoon (1956)
- Ordinary Person (1956)
- She Loves You! (1956)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…