History Film / KidnappingCaucasianStyle

''Kidnapping, Caucasian Style'' (original title: ''Кавказская пленница'', ''Prisoner of Caucasus'') is a 1967 Soviet comedy film by Leonid Gaidai with the central plot revolving around the old tradition of bride kidnapping in the North Caucasus. The film is a part of the so-called "Shurik Trilogy" (also including ''Operation "Y"'' and ''Film/IvanVasilievichChangesProfession'') and is also the last film to feature a "Three Stooges"-like trio of bumbling crooks known as the "Coward" (Georgy Vitsin), the "Fool" (Yuri Nikulin), and the "Pro" (Yevgeny Morgunov).

--> A toast without wine is the same as a wedding night without a bride.

* GosKino: The Soviet censors nearly blocked the film's release, until Leonid Brezhnev saw the film and expressed his fondness for it. The censors changed their minds.

'''Kidnapping, Caucasian Style''' (original title: ''Кавказская пленница'', ''Prisoner of Caucasus'') is a 1967 Soviet comedy film by Leonid Gaidai with the central plot revolving around the old tradition of bride kidnapping in the North Caucasus. The film is a part of the so-called "Shurik Trilogy" (also including ''Operation "Y"'' and ''Film/IvanVasilievichChangesProfession'') and is also the last film to feature a ThreeStooges-like trio of bumbling crooks known as the "Coward" (Georgy Vitsin), the "Fool" (Yuri Nikulin), and the "Pro" (Yevgeny Morgunov).

* [[NobodyHereButUsBirds Nobody Here but Us Sheep]]: After kidnapping Nina, Shurik and the trio are stopped by a cop who asks what's in the bag. Assuming that everyone is aware of what's going on, Shurik plainly tells him that they're kidnapping the bride. One of the trio baas, and the cop laughs at Shurik, telling him to invite him for dinner when he roasts "the bride".

* TechnologyMarchesOn: One of the toasts told to Shurik is of a princess who demands an impossible task from every suitor.

'''Kidnapping, Caucasian Style''' (original title: ''Kavkazskaya plennitsa'', ''Prisoner of Caucasus'') is a 1967 Soviet comedy film by Leonid Gaidai with the central plot revolving around the old tradition of bride kidnapping in the North Caucasus. The film is a part of the so-called "Shurik Trilogy" (also including ''Operation "Y"'' and ''Film/IvanVasilievichChangesProfession'') and is also the last film to feature a ThreeStooges-like trio of bumbling crooks known as the "Coward" (Georgy Vitsin), the "Fool" (Yuri Nikulin), and the "Pro" (Yevgeny Morgunov).

* GoAmongMadPeople: After being committed, Shurik tries to enlist the help of two other patients to escape. At first, he behaves as if he himself is insane, making strange noises and gestures. The two patients look at him in annoyance and tell him that it's not nice to make fun of sick people. He drops the act and explains what he wants.

At night, Saakhov has fallen asleep in front of the TV in his apartment. Suddenly, Nina, Shurik, and Edik show up wearing masks and carrying weapons, claiming to be Nina's brothers. They say that they have come to enforce the "law of the mountains". Scared and not recognizing them, Saakhov attempts to jump out the window, only to be shot in the butt by Edik. When Nina confronts him about this, Edik reveals that the rifle is only loaded with salt. At the trial the next day, where the trio, Dzhabrail, and Saakhov are being charged, Saakhov is unable to sit. Shurik walks Nina to her bus and then follows on his donkey.

Back in town, Shurik realizes he's been duped and runs to the cops, only to be intercepted by Saakhov (Shurik doesn't yet know he's involved) and, after hearing Shurik out, warns him that the cops will arrest him as a co-conspirator. Instead, Saakhov suggests going straight to the prosecutor. Saakhov takes him to a party and gets Shurik drunk, then calls the local psychiatric clinic and has Shurik committed.

* VodkaDrunkenski: Averted with the main character, who doesn't drink and CantHoldHisLiquor when forced to. The trio start their arrival into town by ordering three large mugs of beer. The Coward accidentally passes his mug to random passerby, who immediately begins to praise Allah for the gift. Realizing his mistake, the Coward takes back his mug, and the passerby continues praising Allah.

* MundaneSolution: One of the toasts told to Shurik is of a princess who demands an impossible task from every suitor.
--> ...And the princess hung herself on her own braid in anger, for he absolutely precisely counted how many seeds were in the sack, how many drops were in the sea, and how many stars in the sky. So lets drink to cybernetics!

The main character is an ethnography student named Shurik (Aleksandr Demyanenko) who goes to Caucasus to collect the local customs and folklore. On the way, he meets a truck driver named Edik whose vehicle perpetually refuses to start. They meet a young woman named Nina (Natalya Varley, voiced by Nadezhda Rumyantseva), a pedagogical student. Her uncle Dzhabrail (Frunzik Mkrtchyan) works as the driver for the local corrupt official and rich guy named Saakhov (Vladimir Etush). Shurik's attempts to collect folklore result in him being frequently drunk, as the locals refuse to tell him their folklore (in the form of long and elaborate toasts) unless he drinks with them.

* VodkaDrunkenski: Averted with the main character, who doesn't drink and CantHoldHisLiquor when forced to. The trio start their arrival into town by ordering three large mugs of beer. The Coward accidentally passes his mug to random passerby, who immediately begins to praise Allah for the gift. Realizing his mistake, the Coward takes back his mug, and the passerby continues praising Allah.

The main character is an ethnography student named Shurik (Aleksandr Demyanenko) who goes to Caucasus to collect the local customs and folklore. On the way, he meets a truck driver named Edik whose vehicle perpetually refuses to start. They meet a young woman named Nina, a pedagogical student. Her uncle Dzhabrail works as the driver for the local corrupt official and rich guy named Saakhov. Shurik's attempts to collect folklore result in him being frequently drunk, as the locals refuse to tell him their folklore (in the form of long and elaborate toasts) unless he drinks with them.

The main character is an ethnography student named Shurik (Aleksandr Demyanenko) who goes to Caucasus to collect the local customs and folklore. On the way, he meets a truck driver named Edik whose vehicle perpetually refuses to start. They meet a young woman named Nina, a pedagogical student. Her uncle Dzhabrailov works as the driver for the local corrupt official and rich guy named Saakhov. Shurik's attempts to collect folklore result in him being frequently drunk, as the locals refuse to tell him their folklore (in the form of long and elaborate toasts) unless he drinks with them.

Saakhov wishes to marry Nina and strikes a deal with Dzhabrailov, in which Dzhabrailov agrees to give Nina to Saakhov in exchange for 20 heads of sheep and an imported fridge. Realizing that an independently-minded woman like Nina is not likely to marry Saakhov voluntarily, Dzhabrailov decides to have her kidnapped, at which point she'll have no choice. He hires the above-mentioned trio to kidnap her, but they find it difficult to get her alone, as Shurik has also fallen for the girl and spends a lot of time with her. Dzhabrailov convinces Shurik that Nina is madly in love with another man and that she would like Shurik to kidnap her as part of an ancient custom. Despite his own feelings, Shurik agrees to make Nina happy. Shurik finds her at a campsite, says goodbye, and zips up her sleeping bag, allowing the trio to grab the bag and drag her away, taking Nina to Saakhov's dacha.

At Saakhov's dacha, Nina is locked in a room. The trio try to cheer her up by bringing her food and singing a song. She appears to be interested, only to use the distraction to slip away. She is stopped by her uncle and is once again locked up. Finding out that he's involved, Nina declares a hunger strike. Saakhov tries to go inside with a bottle of wine and some flowers only to walk out covered in the wine. Saakhov and Dzhabrailov decide to give her some time to come to her senses and drive away, leaving the trio to guard her.

At night, Saakhov has fallen asleep in front of the TV in his apartment. Suddenly, Nina, Shurik, and Edik show up wearing masks and carrying weapons, claiming to be Nina's brothers. They say that they have come to enforce the "law of the mountains". Scared and not recognizing them, Saakhov attempts to jump out the window, only to be shot in the butt by Edik. When Nina confronts him about this, Edik reveals that the rifle is only loaded with salt. At the trial the next day, where the trio, Dzhabrailov, and Saakhov are being charged, Saakhov is unable to sit. Shurik walks Nina to her bus and then follows on his donkey.

* CorruptBureaucrat: Saakhov is the director of the regional agricultural cooperative and the wealthiest and most powerful man in town. He uses his wealth and power to convince Dzhabrailov to sell him his niece.

* EvilUncle: Dzhabrailov is perfectly willing to sell his niece to his boss in exchange for some cattle and an expensive fridge. He even orchestrates her kidnapping and tricks the guy who loves her into helping. After Nina finds out that he's involved, he tells her that, when the cops come looking for her, he'll tell them that he has no idea where she is, only that she should've listened to her elders.

* OnlyOneName: No character's full name is mentioned. They are either called by their first names (Shurik, Nina, Edik) or last names (Dzhabrailov, Saakhov), although, technically, "Shurik" is a short form of Aleksandr.

* OnlyOneName: No character's full name is mentioned. They are either called by their first names (Shurik, Nina, Edik) or last names (Dzhabrailov, Saakhov).

* OnlyOneName: No character's full name is mentioned. They are either called by their first names (Shurik, Nina) or last names (Dzhabrailov, Saakhov).

* TheKidnapper: Pretty much every major male character is involved in the kidnapping, either intentionally or by being tricked.