Aleksandr Seryy

You might not associate frivolous caper comedy with the dour Soviet Union of gulags and five-year plans, but that’s what Gentlemen of Fortune is. A larky affair that probably works best if you get all the cultural specifics, it’s perfectly entertaining even with very little knowledge of the USSR. It’s one of the most successful comedies ever produced under the communist system – doesn’t that tickle your curiosity? It’s a very familiar story, of one man posing as another, kicking off with the theft from an archaeological dig of a solid gold helmet reputed to have belonged to Alexander the Great. The thieves are soon caught and sentenced to prison, but where’s the … Read more