Thirty Three (1965)

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A dentist discovers that a modest factory worker has thirty-three teeth, and he becomes a national celebrity overnight.

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Year
1965
Director
Georgiy Danelia
Starring
Yevgeny Leonov, Lyubov Sokolova, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Nonna Mordyukova, Inna Churikova
Genre
Comedy
Running time
1 h 13 min
Language
Russian · no official English subtitles (YouTube machine translation only)
Studio
Mosfilm

About the film

Ivan Travkin is a quiet technician at a soft-drinks factory in a small town. One day his tooth aches, and the young dentist discovers something science has never seen: Travkin has 33 teeth.

Suddenly everyone wants him: scientists, journalists, television and officials. The ordinary man is swept into a world of fame, theories and absurd ceremonies.

A sharp satire on Soviet propaganda and the hunger for sensations, it was quietly kept away from wide release.

Did you know?

  • It got only a very limited release because of its satire.
  • Yevgeny Leonov plays Travkin.
  • Danelia later made Mimino and Autumn Marathon.

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