Premise: The Pokrovsky Gate (Russian: Покровские ворота , "Pokrovskiye Vorota " ) is a 1982 Soviet comedy film produced for television by Mosfilm. It was directed by Mikhail Kozakov and stars Oleg Menshikov, Leonid Bronevoy, and Inna Ulyanova. The screenplay is based on a 1974 stage play by Leonid Zorin.
Hypothesis: The Pokrovsky Gate was a Russian film based on a novel by Zorin