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Three men vacation on a deserted beach near The Black Sea, trying to get away from women and society. However, two women arrive and try to claim the vacation spot as their own. The groups sc... Read allThree men vacation on a deserted beach near The Black Sea, trying to get away from women and society. However, two women arrive and try to claim the vacation spot as their own. The groups scheme to run each other off the beach.Three men vacation on a deserted beach near The Black Sea, trying to get away from women and society. However, two women arrive and try to claim the vacation spot as their own. The groups scheme to run each other off the beach.
Lionel Atwill
- Mystery Novel Character
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
- Mystery Novel Character
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Bela Lugosi
- Mystery Novel Character
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Genrikh Oganisyan
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Basil Rathbone
- Mystery Novel Character
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Nikolai Tomashevsky
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaWhen Sundukov reads a mystery novel, footage illustrating his vivid imagination of the book's plot is re-purposed from Son of Frankenstein (1939). All four top-billed actors from the movie are see: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill. Oddly enough, movie itself was never readily available or shown in the Soviet Union, although other Universal Horror movies such as The Last Performance (1929) and The Invisible Man (1933) had widespread distribution.
- Alternate versionsEffectively filmed twice: widescreen edition (initially considered a main one) and 1,375:1 edition (previously a mainstay on television) are mostly comprised of very different takes. Widescreen edition also has different editing and main titles.
- ConnectionsEdited from Son of Frankenstein (1939)
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Three PlusTwo = Ten Bright Stars
Three guys, three best friends, the veterinarian, the diplomat, and the scientist (Doctor in Physics and Math) decided to spend their vacation on the deserted sea coast, away from civilization, like the savages - sleeping in the car, cooking on open fire, no shaving, no smoking or drinking, and NO girls. Their paradise came to the abrupt end when two young, pretty and self-assured girls, the blonde who is a young movie actress and the brunette, a tamer of the tigers and lions, show up and declared their rights to the beautiful spot stating that they have spent their vacations for five years there and as the proof they dig out the empty Champagne bottle with the note inside. Neither party wants to give up the territory, thus they decided to make each other lives miserable. The war of wills and wits has begun.
As you have guessed already, it would lead to funny misunderstandings, mistaken assumptions, and finally to falling in love and possibility of living happily ever after. It does not sound like something extra-ordinary in writing, just another chick flick romantic comedy only set back in 1962 during the short period of "thawing" in the USSR. But this little comedy has became a cult and otherwise favorite during the first year upon release when 35 million people saw it and fell in love with it, and it has been one of the favorite Russian comedies since. Three guys and two girls are truly likable funny characters, especially three guys and their humorous but warm making fun of each other, their jokes, and witty exchanges that are still funny after all these years. The proof? Earlier this evening, my husband and I re-watched the comedy in the company of our friends. Even though, we know the plot by heart, and were prepared for our favorite scenes, we laughed so hard and so happily just like we did when we saw the film in our childhood many - many years ago. My husband said that he had not laughed so much for long long time. You may say that this is mostly the sentimental feeling of returning back to when and where we were young and happy. Well, I have re-watched many films from my youth that used to be favorites but as the time passed, they lost some of their appeal. Three Plus Two is different - it seems even better - brighter, sunnier, funnier, sweeter with every re-watching. If that's not the sign of movie magic, I don't know which one is.
As you have guessed already, it would lead to funny misunderstandings, mistaken assumptions, and finally to falling in love and possibility of living happily ever after. It does not sound like something extra-ordinary in writing, just another chick flick romantic comedy only set back in 1962 during the short period of "thawing" in the USSR. But this little comedy has became a cult and otherwise favorite during the first year upon release when 35 million people saw it and fell in love with it, and it has been one of the favorite Russian comedies since. Three guys and two girls are truly likable funny characters, especially three guys and their humorous but warm making fun of each other, their jokes, and witty exchanges that are still funny after all these years. The proof? Earlier this evening, my husband and I re-watched the comedy in the company of our friends. Even though, we know the plot by heart, and were prepared for our favorite scenes, we laughed so hard and so happily just like we did when we saw the film in our childhood many - many years ago. My husband said that he had not laughed so much for long long time. You may say that this is mostly the sentimental feeling of returning back to when and where we were young and happy. Well, I have re-watched many films from my youth that used to be favorites but as the time passed, they lost some of their appeal. Three Plus Two is different - it seems even better - brighter, sunnier, funnier, sweeter with every re-watching. If that's not the sign of movie magic, I don't know which one is.
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- Galina_movie_fan
- Jan 17, 2009
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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