

Peculiarities of the National Fishing
General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.
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About Peculiarities of the National Fishing
Peculiarities of the National Fishing is a 1998 Russian-language comedy film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. The cast is led by Aleksei Buldakov, Viktor Bychkov, Semyon Strugachyov. It has a runtime of 1h 35m. Viewers rate it 6.5/10 across 100 ratings.
Peculiarities of the National Fishing was produced by CTB Film Company and Nikola Film and made in Russia. It was released on November 1, 1998.
- Director
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Writers
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Release date
- November 1, 1998
- Original language
- Russian
- Status
- Released
- Country
- Russia
- Production
- CTB Film Company, Nikola Film
Peculiarities of the National Fishing cast & crew
Peculiarities of the National Fishing was directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin and written by Aleksandr Rogozhkin.
The cast features Aleksei Buldakov as генерал Иволгин, Михалыч, Viktor Bychkov as егерь Кузьмич, Semyon Strugachyov as Лёва Соловейчик, Ville Haapasalo as Райво, Sergey Russkin as Сергей Олегович, and Andrey Krasko as Витёк.
Behind the camera, cinematography is by Valeri Martynov and it was produced by Sergei Selyanov and Igor Kalenov.
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Peculiarities of the National Fishing holds an audience score of 6.5/10 from 99 ratings, a solidly received comedy films.
At 1h 35m, it's an easy, time-light watch.
If you enjoy comedy, Peculiarities of the National Fishing is worth a place on your watchlist.
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Cast of Peculiarities of the National Fishing

Aleksei Buldakov
генерал Иволгин, Михалыч

Viktor Bychkov
егерь Кузьмич

Semyon Strugachyov
Лёва Соловейчик

Ville Haapasalo
Райво

Sergey Russkin
Сергей Олегович

Andrey Krasko
Витёк

Olga Samoshina
дама в сарайчике

Aleksandr Zavyalov
слесарь

Denis Kirillov
мичман

Aleksandr Borisov
капитан

Sergey Gusinskiy
Семёнов

Vasiliy Domrachyov
прокурор
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Peculiarities of the National Fishing is originally in Russian, with audio tracks including Russian, Finnish. Subtitle and dub options vary by streaming service.
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Peculiarities of the National Fishing runs 1 hours 35 minutes (95 minutes).
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It holds a 6.5/10 audience score from 99 ratings.
















