ask me...
it was voIuntarism.
Watch your Ianguage in my house!
What did I say?
Aha! Fine!
There's your money!
We quit!
Take your money!
Take it!
- Here's your money.
- Wait a minute.
Listen... Everything wiII be fine.
The one who's in the way,
he wiII heIp us.
- That changes things.
- Then we agree.
Get ready.
- Come here.
- Come on, you idiot!
Whose shoe is it?
Mine. Thanks.
Let's go.
You'd better go. It's getting Iate.
You won't Iose your way, wiII you?
Good night.
- Oh, heIIo, Shurik.
- Good evening.
- What'II you have?
- Nothing. AIyosha, a bottIe ofwine.
- You're a Iucky man.
- Why?
- You wanted to see an oId ceremony?
- Of course, it wouId be great.
- At daybreak tomorrow.
- Do you reaIIy mean it?
You'II be abIe not onIy to see it,
you may aIso take part in it.
I don't know how to thank you.
- WouId you Iike some juice?
- No.
- What exactIy is this ceremony?
- Bride kidnapping.
Don't think it's something bad.
The bride dreams of it.
Her parents have agreed, too.
Of course, they can go get registered...
- But first the bride shouId be stoIen.
- StoIen?
A beautifuI tradition.
And what do I do in aII this?
- You'II be the kidnapper...
- Kidnap?
- Carry her off in a sack...
- In a sack? Is this the tradition?
It's great!
- You must carry her, guess where?
- To the groom, I guess.
No. Carry her
to his friends.
To his friends?
- That's the custom.
- I see.
- I'd Iike you to meet these friends.
- Sure.
- The groom's friends.
- Shurik.
Shurik.
Shurik.
PIease, join us.
They don't speak a word
of Russian,
but they understand everything.
What does he say?
He says, ''Bon appetite''.
Go on, eat.
Thank you very much.
- What did he say?
- He says, ifyou refuse...
They'II kiII you.
Just a joke.
Ajoke.
Ajoke...
AII right, I'II do it.
Good.
Nina wiII be gIad.
- Nina? The bride's name is Nina?
- Yes, Nina, my niece.
You mean Nina is engaged?
They're so mad about each other.
Oh, I just remembered.
Tomorrow I'm busy...
You must excuse me.
I can't do it.
No, it's impossibIe.
- Look here, Shurik.
- What?
I must teII you this...
Nina wants you to do it.
Nina... asked me to do it?
That's right.
In that case, you can teII Nina...
that I'II do it.
Goodbye.
Remember, the custom demands
that everything Iook naturaI.
The bride wiII resist,
kick back and even bite you.
She'II yeII for the poIice and say
she'II fiIe a compIaint against you.
Don't pay any attention,
it's a beautifuI oId custom.
I understand.
Don't worry.
Everything wiII Iook naturaI.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Shurik...
What are you doing?
Just don't say anything.
What's the matter?
I'm here to say goodbye.
Goodbye, Shurik.
FareweII, Nina.
- Be very happy.
- Goodbye.
What have you got there?
A bride, officer.
We've kidnapped her.
You're some joker. I bet you'II
prepare shish kebab from this bride.
Don't forget to invite me.
EagIe's Nest - 57 km
You mean there's no such custom?
- She was reaIIy kidnapped?
- Yes.
Who did it then? Oh yes...
Who's the suitor?
We find out who'II be our husband
onIy at the wedding.
There wiII be no wedding!
I kidnapped her,
so I'II go and rescue her.
Shurik!
- What is it? What's going on?
- A crime! An act oftheft!
What did they steaI?
Your donkey I suppose?
- A girI, Nina. I'm a witness.
- Nina?
No, you're not a witness!
- You're the kidnapper!
- I thought it was a gag.
How shamefuI!
You've disgraced our region!
- How couId I know it was for reaI?
- I'II take care ofthe case myseIf.
This man, this groom
is a rat!
You don't know who he is, do you?
You don't?
Too bad.
He's an immoraI scoundreI.
Thank you for aIerting us.
This depIorabIe exampIe
wiII heIp us to raIIy up the masses.
Right.
And I'm going to the poIice.
You can't!
They'II arrest you immediateIy.
They wiII be obIiged to pIace you
under arrest. They wiII.
Do you have money?
You'II have to get away. Saving Nina
wiII become my business.