Comedy of the Strict Regime (1992) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1992 · 78 mins · Russian

Directed by

Vladimir Studennikov, Mikhail Grigoriev

Starring

Viktor Sukhorukov, Sergei Selin, Vladimir Ermilov, Dmitriy Shevchenko, Stanislav Kontsevich, Anatoly Slivnikov

Set in 1970 as the Soviet Union and the broader progressive world prepare to mark Lenin’s centenary, the camp commander orders the inmates to stage a play about Lenin’s life. The frantic rehearsals upend camp life, creating hilariously chaotic situations that give the prisoners a seemingly providential chance to devise an escape.