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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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Monkeys and the Robbers (1987)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.