30 best foreign comedies in the Soviet box office



Choosing the best film is always a thankless task. Including in comedies. Everyone has their own drecs. Someone likes eccentricity and buffoonery, others are more romantic and musical, others are crazy about sitcoms, and someone is closer to tragicomedy or parody. But you can always bring everything to a common denominator by voting. Let's see how you voted, readers of my magazine


As in the case of Soviet comedies, many voted twice - first on the list proposed by me, and the next day, on the expanded list, which included all your wishes. At once I will make a reservation, on leaders the increase in the list of applicants has affected not strongly - a little places are displaced, that, probably, happened because the less number of readers took part in the re-voting.

Therefore, in order to be absolutely honest, I will bring both lists - one list is more complete, the second one was voted by a larger number of viewers

So, in the first poll, which involved 638 people, the winner was a comedy (drum roll)

"Taming of the Shrew"




With a slight lag behind her, the film "In jazz only girls"




The third prize-winning place at the remarkable "Toys"



The remaining participants of the race are located in the following order


Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni

Va-Bank / Va-Bank II (Vabank)

High blonde in black shoe / Return of the tall blond (Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire)

Tootsie

Fantômas (and sequels)

Unlucky (La chèvre)

A puncture with an umbrella (Le coup du parapluie)

How to steal a million (How to Steal a Million)

Dundee, nicknamed Crocodile / Crocodile Dundee 2 (Crocodile Dundee)

Great walk (La grande vadrouille)

Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez) (and the rest of the pieces)

It's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy world (It's Mad Mad Mad Mad World)

The Great Race

New Amazons (Seksmisja)

Romance the Stone

"Signor Robinson (most sign of storia d'amore d'd'avventure)

Daddies (Les compères)

Fugitives (Les fugitifs)

Racine (Le corniaud)

Short Circuit

Open it, police! (Les ripoux)

Mr. Pitkin (The Square Peg) (all parts)

Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera)

Four musketeers / Four against the cardinal (Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires)

Law is the law (La legge è legge)

Oscar

Man Orchestra (L'homme orchestre)




In the second, more detailed survey, the top 30 are as follows:


In jazz, only girls (Some Like It Hot)

The Taming of the Shrew (Il bisbetico domato)

Toy (Le jouet)

Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni

High blonde in black shoe / Return of the tall blond (Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire)

Unlucky (La chèvre)

Va-Bank / Va-Bank II (Vabank)

Tootsie

How to steal a million (How to Steal a Million)

Dundee, nicknamed Crocodile / Crocodile Dundee 2 (Crocodile Dundee)

Fantômas (and sequels)

A puncture with an umbrella (Le coup du parapluie)

Great walk (La grande vadrouille)

Daddies (Les compères)

The Great Race

New Amazons (Seksmisja)

Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez) (and the rest of the pieces)

"Signor Robinson (most sign of storia d'amore d'd'avventure)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

It's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy world (It's Mad Mad Mad Mad World)

Fugitives (Les fugitifs)

Romance the Stone

Magnificent (Le magnifique)

The Ghost of Morrisville Castle (Fantom Morrisvillu)

The monster (L'animal)

Racine (Le corniaud)

Law is the law (La legge è legge)

My Fair Lady (My Fair Lady)

Mr. Pitkin (The Square Peg) (all parts)

Fantozzi against all (Fantozzi contro tutti)


As you can see, the leaders changed places - Marilyn Monroe passed Ornella Muti literally half a body (185 votes against 182). The holders of the third and fourth place (Richard and Celentano) retained their positions. Well, then, the same films played a little leapfrog. Only from the 20th place did the films from the extended list begin to be wedged - "Otpetye scammers", "Magnificent", "The ghost of Morrisville Castle", and so on


Well, what really pleased me was the presence in both lists of the dearly loved "Law is the law" (as I have not reviewed it for a long time ...)


Thanks to all those who participated in the survey.


Sources ... ] Sources

Used footage from feature films
The Taming of the Shrew (Il bisbetico domato)
In jazz, only girls (Some Like It Hot)
Toy (Le jouet)
Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni
Va-Bank / Va-Bank II (Vabank)




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