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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Eldar Riazanov released in USA on 31 december 1975 with Andrey Myagkov

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)

Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
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Released in USA 31 december 1975
Length 3h4
Directed by
OriginRussie
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating80% 4.043564.043564.043564.043564.04356

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (Russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, literally: The Irony of Fate, or With Good Steam; trans. Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!) is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The screenplay was written by Emil Braginsky and Ryazanov, loosely based on the director's 1971 play Once on New Year's Eve (Russian: Однажды в новогоднюю ночь). The film was filmed in 1975 at the Mosfilm Studios. Simultaneously a screwball comedy and a love story tinged with sadness, it is one of the most successful Soviet television productions ever and remains highly popular in modern Russia.

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The key subplot is the drab uniformity of Brezhnev era public architecture. This is made explicit in a humorous animated prologue, in which architects are overruled by politicians and red tape. This results in the entire planet being polluted with identical, unimaginative multistory apartment buildings of the sort that can, in fact, be found in every city, town, and suburb across the former Soviet Union. These buildings are uniform right down to the door key of each apartment. The rest of the film is live-action.

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