Give Me a Book of Complaints ( is a 1965 Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
Plot A group of young journalists accidentally walks into the restaurant Dandelion. The atmosphere in the restaurant is extremely unhealthy: rude waitresses, thieving barmaid, wretched interior, ridiculous restaurant singer and deputy director Kutaytsev, who is constantly drunk and encourages this mess. However, the young and energetic director of the restaurant Tatiana Shumova is trying, unsuccessfully, to deal with shortcomings of the restaurant that she was entrusted with.
Journalist Yuri Nikitin writes a critical article about the restaurant, but hopelessly falls in love with Tatiana. Despite the opposition of bureaucrats, the young director Shumova manages to change the situation, making the restaurant an exemplary catering establishment, as well as finding love along the way.
Cast
Oleg Borisov as Yuri Nikitin, journalist of the newspaper Youth Larisa Golubkina as Tatiana Shumova, director of the restaurant Dandelion Anatoly Kuznetsov as Ivan Kondakov, head of the regional department of trade, Tatiana's bridegroom Anatoli Papanov as Vasily Kutaytsev, deputy director of the restaurant Nikolai Kryuchkov as Nikolay Ivanovich, head of department of trade Nikolay Parfyonov as Ivan Postnikov, deputy of head of department of trade Nina Agapova as barmaid Zinaida Tatyana Gavrilova as waitress Claudia Raspopova Natalia Surovegina as young waitress Raya Zoya Isaeva as waitress Vera Rina Zelyonaya as elderly singer at the restaurant Larisa Mondrus as new and young singer at the restaurant Georgi Tusuzov as Pavel Kuzmich, doorman of the restaurant Jemal Sikharulidze as Tengiz, journalist, Yuri Nikitin's friend Michaela Drozdovskaya as Masha, Tengiz's wife Yuri Belov as German, journalist, Yuri Nikitin's friend Vladimir Balon as journalist, Yuri Nikitin's friend Felix Jaworski as bespectacled journalist Eldar Ryazanov as chief editor of the newspaper Youth Zoya Fyodorova as Yekaterina Ivanovna, janitor of Tatiana's house Mikhail Pugovkin as Tatiana's neighbour Vladimir Shiryaev as Sasha, student Lyudmila Gnilova as Tamara, student Vera Popova as old lady Leonid Chubarov as policeman Alexander Lenkov as leader of the youth ensemble Yuri Nikulin as salesman in a clothing store, drunken rowdy to the restaurant Georgy Vitsin as chief of the branch in a clothing store, drunken rowdy to the restaurant Yevgeny Morgunov as director of clothing store, drunken rowdy to the restaurant
Facts The film sounds the Russian version of the Mexican folk song Cielito Lindo.
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