Striped Trip (1961)

Original title

Полосатый рейс

Directed by

Vladimir Fetin

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

6

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ship's cargo of tigers gets loose when a monkey opens their cages. The man in charge of the animals is no match for them but a young woman reveals she knows how to handle tigers.

lightheartedcomicalwhimsicalplayfulchaoticbreezycheerfulslapstick

What happens

Striped Trip (Russian: Полосатый рейс, romanized: Polosatyi reys) is a 1961 Soviet adventure comedy film directed by Vladimir Fetin, with the acclaimed tiger tamer Margarita Nazarova in the main role. The movie was seen by 45.8 mil. viewers on the year of release, becoming the Soviet box office leader. To escape from a hot tropical place Shuleykin (Yevgeny Leonov) accepts a position on a ship looking after a cargo of twelve cages with tigers. Chief mate ("starpom" in Russian), played by Ivan Dmitriyev) has continuous arguments with Marianna (Margarita Nazarova) about the little tricks she plays on the crew. One day a stowaway monkey opens the cages and the limited capabilities of Shuleykin get exposed. In this situation Marianna unexpectedly turns into a skilled animal trainer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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