Bootleggers (1961 film)

Bootleggers or Moonshiners (Russian: Самогонщики, romanized: Samogonshchiki) is a 1961 Soviet short comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai.

Bootleggers
Directed by	Leonid Gaidai
Written by	Leonid Gaidai
Produced by	Leonid Gaidai
Starring	Yuri Nikulin Georgy Vitsin Yevgeny Morgunov
Cinematography	Konstantin Brovin
Music by	Nikita Bogoslovsky
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1961 (1961)
Running time	19 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot summary

The trio make moonshine alcohol in a hut hid in a forest. At work they sing about their moonshine still. Their dog takes a piece of it (a coiled condenser) and runs away. The trio chase the dog, using skis. In the end all of them run to the police department, where the bootleggers are arrested.

Cast

• Yuri Nikulin as The Fool
• Georgy Vitsin as The Coward
• Yevgeny Morgunov as The Pro
• Vladimir Pitsek as strict militsiya officer
• Dog Rex as Dog Barbos

External links

• Bootleggers at AllMovie
• Bootleggers at IMDb
• Bootleggers at kinoros.ru (in Russian)