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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975): Cast

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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! is a 1975 romantic comedy starring Lyubov Sokolova as мать Нади, Yuriy Yakovlev and Georgi Burkov. It runs 3 hours 4 minutes.

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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975) movie poster
Released
Runtime
3h 4m (184 min)
Genres
Romance , Comedy
Original language
Russian
Studio
Mosfilm
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! About?

The premise of The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! without spoilers.

A group of longtime friends gathers at a public bath on New Year’s Eve, where excess vodka and beer often leave two of them passed out. Sasha is supposed to travel to Leningrad, but Zhenya mistakenly boards the flight. He awakes at Leningrad’s airport, assumes he’s still in Moscow, and takes a taxi home—only to find the Soviet‑style streets, building numbers and even his apartment key identical to those in Moscow. He stumbles into Nadya’s flat, still in his underwear, shocking her and later her fiancé, setting off a far‑crowned comedy of errors.

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Themes & Keywords

· 50 tags
  • new years eve
  • apartment
  • key
  • new year
  • apartment house
  • alcoholic drink
  • anonymity
  • mix up
  • russian culture
  • or as title separator
  • making a salad
  • animated sequence during opening credits
+38 more
  • comedy of errors
  • passing out
  • male star appears in underwear
  • leningrad
  • showering with clothes on
  • neva river
  • cathedral
  • christmas tree
  • snow
  • crossing a frozen river
  • banya
  • identical houses
  • boyfriend girlfriend relationship
  • mother son relationship
  • music montage
  • original song
  • 24 hours
  • up all night
  • st. petersburg russia
  • soviet architecture
  • lost
  • polish actor plays a russian character
  • jealous boyfriend
  • jealous fiancee
  • doctor
  • teacher
  • frozen river
  • fur hat
  • soviet union
  • birch
  • 1970s
  • holiday romance
  • new year's eve
  • classic film
  • long distance telephone call
  • telephone call from a phone booth
  • cone of silence
  • holiday comedy
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Cast & crew

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Cast & Characters

Lyubov Sokolova leads the cast as мать Нади, with Yuriy Yakovlev as Ипполит Георгиевич and Georgi Burkov as Миша.

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Videos

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Trailers & Videos

The trailer of The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!.

Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром - трейлер
Details

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Also Known As

19 alternative titles, including “Ironiya Sudby, ili S Legkim Parom!” and “Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!”.

Also known as
  • Ironiya Sudby, ili S Legkim Parom!
  • Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!
  • Ирония судьбы или с легким паром
  • Likteņa ironija jeb Vieglu garu!
  • L'ironie du sort, ou profitez de votre bain !
  • Irony of Fortune
  • Ironia losu
  • 命运的捉弄
  • Іронія долі, або З легкою парою!
  • Die Ironie des Schicksals, oder Genieße Dein Bad!
  • Kaderin Cilvesi veya Sıhhatler Olsun
  • Ирония на съдбата
+7 more
  • Taqdir hazili, yoki Qushdek yengil bo‘ling!
  • Likimo ironija, arba po pirties
  • Ironie osudu aneb Rozhodně správná koupel
  • Likteņa ironija jeb Vieglu garu
  • La ironía del destino, o goce de su baño
  • 운명의 아이러니
  • Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku

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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! FAQ: Cast & Runtime

Runtime, release date, cast, post-credit scenes and language of The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!, each answered in a sentence.

How long is The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!?

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! runs 3 hours 4 minutes (184 minutes).

When was The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! released?

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! was released on December 31, 1975.

Who is in the cast of The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!?

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! stars Lyubov Sokolova as мать Нади, Yuriy Yakovlev as Ипполит Георгиевич and Georgi Burkov as Миша, among 18 credited actors.

Does The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! have a post-credit scene?

No. The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! has no extra scene during or after the credits.

What language is The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! in?

The original language of The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! is Russian.

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