In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the local deceitful governor. All the time Shurik thinks that it is all just a one old Caucasian custom. When he, finally, realizes what he did he goes out in search for the girl of his dreams.
Director: Leonid Gaidai
Writers: Leonid Gaidai, Yakov Kostyukovsky
Stars:Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Varley and Ruslan Akhmetov
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian
Release Date:3 April 1967 (Soviet Union)
Also Known As:Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика
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