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The Man from Nowhere (1961)

The Man from Nowhere poster
Original title
Человек ниоткуда
Directed by
Eldar Ryazanov
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
12+
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A geologist is captured by a remote tribe of savages. He uses his intelligence to escape from them.

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What happens

The Man from Nowhere (Russian: Человек ниоткуда, romanized: Chelovek niotkuda) is a 1961 science fiction-comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The geologist of an anthropological expedition, Vladimir Porazhaev, is captured by the savages of the fantastic Tapi tribe but escapes with the help of his intellectual abilities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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