Gentlemen of Fortune

1971 · 1h22 · Film

Directed by Aleksandr Sery

Starring Evgeni Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin, Savely Kramarov, Radner Muratov, Erast Garin, Natalya Fateyeva, Roman Filippov, Oleg Vidov, Nikolay Olyalin, Anatoliy Papanov

Ideal when you feel… Happy Exhausted Romantic

Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.

Original title

Джентльмены удачи

Original language

Russian

Country

Russia

Screenplay

Georgiy Daneliya, Viktoriya Tokareva

Music

Gennadiy Gladkov

Cinematography

Georgiy Kupriyanov

Cast

Radner Muratov, Erast Garin, Natalya Fateyeva, Roman Filippov, Oleg Vidov, Nikolay Olyalin, Anatoliy Papanov

Updated August 14, 2026

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