About the film
Tosya Kislitsyna, fresh from cooking school, comes to work at a logging camp deep in the taiga. She is small, outspoken and absolutely unimpressed by Ilya, the best and most admired lumberjack in the camp.
Ilya makes a bet with a rival that he will make Tosya fall in love with him within a week. Of course he falls for her instead, and when she finds out about the bet the comedy turns into a sweet, surprisingly moving love story.
The Girls is the most watched video on Mosfilm's YouTube channel, with about 100 million views. Nadezhda Rumyantseva's Tosya, and her famous speech about the many uses of potatoes, are why generations keep coming back to it.
Did you know?
- It is the most viewed full film on the official Mosfilm channel.
- Nadezhda Rumyantseva was 30 when she played the teenage Tosya.
- Tosya's speech about all the dishes you can make from potatoes is one of the most quoted scenes in Soviet comedy.
