Never Guessed and Didn't Expect

Never Guessed and Didn't Expect

1982 · 77 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

In an ordinary Soviet apartment, where an ordinary Soviet family lives, suddenly ... the donkey breaks in. All attempts to expel the animal end in vain. Neither the police, nor the veterinary service, nor even the local hooligan can help. And only the ubiquitous film-goers, who needed an animal for filming a movie, manage to put the donkey out of the apartment.

Directed by Viktor Titov · Written by Roman Furman

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Evgeniya Glushenko Roman's Wife
Lev Durov Roman Ivanovich Dolgorukov
Leonid Markov Director Georgy Sergeevich
Yevgeni Morgunov Neighbor
Natalya Varley Professor's Wife
Aleksandr Demyanenko Professor
Ilya Rutberg Research Institute Employee
Vladimir Basov Disinfector
Nikolai Parfyonov Housekeeper
Yuriy Prokhorov Kapitan Prokhorov
Vladimir Korovkin Fyodorov - Senior Lieutenant
Vladimir Makhov patron

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