L'Ironie du sort

Original title: Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom!

TV Movie
1976
TV-G
3h 12m

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Holiday Comedy Holiday Romance Comedy Drama Romance

An incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration.An incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration.An incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration.

Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
Writers
- Emil Braginskiy
- Eldar Ryazanov
Stars

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8.1/10

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Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
Writers
- Emil Braginskiy
- Eldar Ryazanov
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Instead of casting a Soviet actress for the role of Nadya, director/co-writer Eldar Ryazanov chose Barbara Brylska, a Pole, which caused controversy in the Soviet Union. Brylska spoke Russian with a heavy accent so her voice was dubbed by Valentina Talyzina, who appears in the film herself as Nadya's friend.

Goofs
The service phone number on Nadya's elevator is 241-84-44 and has 7 digits. However, phone numbers in Leningrad had only 6 digits in 1975 (whereas Moscow numbers had 7), thus revealing that the shooting was actually done in Moscow instead of Leningrad.

Quotes
Zhenya: 3rd Constructors St., 25, apartment 12, 4th floor.
Taxi driver: I don't care if it's the 5th!

Connections
Featured in Namedni 1961-2003: Nasha Era: Namedni 1976 (1997)

Soundtracks
Mne nravitsya...
Music by Mikael Tariverdiev
Lyrics by Marina Tsvetaeva
Performed by Alla Pugachyova

User reviews31

Featured review

Every New Year's, me and my friends have a tradition...

...we rent "S legkim parom!" and watch it. The film is on the long side, but it's perfect for New Year's Eve. I personally think this is a classic of Russian comedies. Very funny, and at the same time somewhat sad as well. The film has become legendary in Russia, so it might be a little hard for foreigners to understand, much like it's hard for people outside the US to understand all those Christmas films. It's great, though--every time I watch it, it just makes me think of the holidays and feel happy inside.