Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (2014)

Кавказская пленница!

Journalist Shurik arrives in the Caucasus in order to study local culture and folklore, the ancient customs and traditions of the people in this region. Per chance he meets and befriends a girl in a mountainous town, the beauty Nina, which the gouvernor, wealthy and powerful local Saakhov, is planning to marry — if not willingly then by force. Using the gullible journalist as a strawman, Saakhov and his henchmen (the "Coward", the "Fool", and the "Pro", a trio of comic antiheros) are able to kidnap Nina, all seems to work according to plan. But realizing that he had been deceived, Shurik, who fell for Nina, rushes to rescue his beloved one, for a happy ending.

Date of release
2014-08-21
TMDB
1.7 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Adventure
Director
Maksim Voronkov

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $180.9K
  • Budget: $23.5M
  • Earned 0× its budget
  • Based on: Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style! is a Russian comedy film by director Maxim Voronkov. A remake of the 1967 film of the same name, the plot revolves around bride kidnapping, an old tradition that used to exist in certain regions of the North Caucasus.

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