Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)

Adventure / Comedy • 104 minutes •  7.8/10

Starring: Andrey Mironov Antonia Santilli Ninetto Davoli Alighiero Noschese Evgeniy Evstigneev Tano Cimarosa Olga Aroseva Boris Runge and others.

Director: Eldar Ryazanov Franco Prosperi Writer: Eldar Ryazanov Emil Braginskiy Franco Castellano Giuseppe Moccia Producer: Dino De Laurentiis Music: Carlo Rustichelli

Released • January 31, 1974

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find the treasure, each one for himself/herself. What's worse - the only information they have is that the treasure is under a lion - and it's in Leningrad, a city known by its numerous statues of lions. The story gets even more interesting when the soviet militia (police) learns about the whole thing and send an undercover agent...