The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.
Directed by Leonid Gaidai
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Shurik
Aleksei Smirnov
Verzila (segment "Workmate") / buyer at the market (segment "Operation Y") (uncredited)
Mikhail Pugovkin
foreman (segment "Workmate")
Vladimir Basov
a stern policeman (segment "Workmate")
Natalya Seleznyova
Lida (segment "Déjà vu")
Yuriy Nikulin
«Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
Georgiy Vitsin
«Trus» (segment "Operation Y")
Yevgeni Morgunov
«Byvalyy» (segment "Operation Y")
