The Ugly Story (1966)

Original title

Скверный анекдот

Directed by

Vladimir Naumov, Aleksandr Alov

Genre

comedy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A government official plays a practical joke that goes badly wrong. The film shows the awkward consequences of his actions.

absurdsatiricalbittersweetrestrainedquirkyoffbeat

What happens

The Ugly Story (Russian: Скверный анекдот, romanized: Skvernyy anekdot) is a 1966 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. The film was not released and was banned. According to one version, the only negative of the film was secretly taken out of the studio and kept at home by composer Nikolai Karetnikov. It was first shown to the public in 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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