If you loved Tale of Tales, try Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Tale of Tales, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures is
Here's a film that's three times the fun, allegedly. A hapless student finds himself in a series of comic misadventures, from dodging work duty to preventing a staged robbery. It's broad Soviet-era slapstick, for anyone keeping score.

