Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style is a 1967 Soviet comedy film dealing with a humorous plot revolving around bride kidnapping, an old tradition that used to exist in certain regions of the Northern Caucasus.
The original title derives from the Alexander Pushkin poem" The Prisoner of the Caucasus" and Leo Tolstoy's short story" The Prisoner of the Caucasus".
The film was directed by Leonid Gaidai.
It is the last film featuring the trio of the" Coward"( Georgy Vitsin), the" Fool"( Yuri Nikulin), and the" Pro"( Yevgeny Morgunov), a group of bumbling antiheroes similar in some ways to the Three Stooges.
The film premiered in Moscow on April 1, 1967.
The film had strong similarities to the early( 1930) Hollywood film The Rogue Song by Irving Thalberg.
Natalya Varley
Natalya Varley( born June 22, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, who became famous in 1966 for her part in the comedy" Kidnapping, Caucasian Style".
In 1989 she was designated as a Meritorious Artist of RSFSR.
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!
( informally referred to as the Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 2) is a Russian comedy film by director Maxim Voronkov.
A remake of the 1967 film of the same name, it has a humorous plot revolving around bride kidnapping, an old tradition that used to exist in certain regions of the Northern Caucasus.
Dedicated to the memory of Ilya Oleynikov, the film premiered on August 21, 2014.
As was the case with the original, filming was done in the Crimea, not in the North Caucasus.
The movie was met with strongly negative reviews in the Russian media, with some considering it being one of the worst films ever made, and it was a box office bomb.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
William Dieterle
William Dieterle( July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German- American actor and film director, who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation.
He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937.
His best- known films include" The Devil and Daniel Webster The Story of Louis Pasteur"( 1936) and" The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
His 1937 film" The Life of Emile Zola" won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the second biographical feature to do so.
Pesenka o medvedyakh
" Pesenka o medvedyakhA little song about bears") is a song written by Leonid Derbenyov and composed by Aleksandr Zatsepin for the 1966 Soviet film" Kidnapping, Caucasian Style", in which it was sung by the main heroine( played by Natalya Varley and dubbed for the song by Aida Vedishcheva).
In Russia," Pesenka o medvedyakh" is considered one of the most popular songs of the 20th century.
Natalya Varley
Natalya Varley( born June 22, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, who became famous in 1966 for her part in the comedy" Kidnapping, Caucasian Style".
In 1989 she was designated as a Meritorious Artist of RSFSR.
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Iovich Gaidai( 30 January 1923, Svobodny, Amur Oblast – 19 November 1993, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union.
His films broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top- selling DVDs in Russia.
He has been described as" the king of Soviet comedy".
Six Hours to Live
Six Hours to Live is a 1932 American science fiction drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan and John Boles.
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!
( informally referred to as the Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 2) is a Russian comedy film by director Maxim Voronkov.
A remake of the 1967 film of the same name, it has a humorous plot revolving around bride kidnapping, an old tradition that used to exist in certain regions of the Northern Caucasus.
Dedicated to the memory of Ilya Oleynikov, the film premiered on August 21, 2014.
As was the case with the original, filming was done in the Crimea, not in the North Caucasus.
The movie was met with strongly negative reviews in the Russian media, with some considering it being one of the worst films ever made, and it was a box office bomb.

Question: Do both directors of films Kidnapping, Caucasian Style and Six Hours To Live share the same nationality?
Answer: no