Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)

Frunzik Mkrtchyan: Dzhabrail

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• [Comrade Saakhov is negotiating with Nina's uncle to buy her as his bride. Her uncle demands 25 rams. Saakhov pretests that the region has not yet met the Soviet quota for fleeces] 

  Nina's uncle : Aren't you confusing your own fleece with the State's?

  comrade Saakhov : I, among other things, Comrade Jabrial, was appointed here to watch over State interests. You'd better sit down.

• Nina's uncle : And I want a free tour ticket.

  comrade Saakhov : To Siberia!

• Nina : I'm Nina.

  Nina's uncle : She's a student at a teachers training college.

  comrade Saakhov : She'll teach our successors.

  Nina's uncle : An A-student, a Young Communist, an athlete.

  Nina : Uncle knows everything about me.

  comrade Saakhov : An A-student and a Young Communist. Just what we need.

• Zhena dzhabraila : It won't work. Stealing such a girl!

  Nina's uncle : An athlete, a Young Communist!

• Nina's uncle : Have a heart! You're getting a wife, not a goat. She's a student, a Young Communist, and athlete and a beauty... all for 25 sheep. It's absurd to haggle.

• Nina's uncle : The custom prescribes doing it naturally. The bride will offer resistance, she'll kick, bite, call the police, cry "I'm going to complain to authorities!" You ignore her, it's a fine custom.

  Shurik : I see. Not to worry, it will all be natural.

• Shurik : What is the ritual called?

  Nina's uncle : Abduction of the bride.

  Shurik : Abduction?

  Nina's uncle : Not quite. The bride wants to be abducted. Her parents don't mind. According to our custom, the bride should be stolen before registration.

  Shurik : Stolen? It's a beautiful custom. Where do I come in?

  Nina's uncle : Catch the bride.

  Shurik : Catch...

  Nina's uncle : Shove her into the bag.

  Shurik : The bag? Is it the custom too? Fantastic!

  Nina's uncle : And give her to whom?

  Shurik : The enamoured man.

  Nina's uncle : Nope. Friends of the enamoured man.

  Shurik : Oh, friends!

  Nina's uncle : Such is the custom.

• Shurik : What did he say?

  Nina's uncle : He says if you refuse, they'll knife you. That's a joke.

  Balbes : Joke.

  Shurik : A joke. Okay.