Peculiarities of National Hunt

Peculiarities of National Hunt

Infobox Film
name = Peculiarities of National Hunt


image_size = 200px
caption = VHS cover
director = Aleksandr Rogozhkin
producer =
writer =
starring = Aleksey Buldakov
Viktor Bychkov
Sergey Gusinsky
Semen Strugachev
Sergey Russkin
Sergey Kupryanov
Ville Haapasalo
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Lenfilm
released = 1995
runtime = 94 mins
country = Russia
language = Russian
preceded_by =
followed_by = Peculiarities of National Fishing, Peculiarities of National Hunt in Winter Period
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0114055

"Peculiarities of National Hunt" (1995) ( _ru. Особенности национальной охоты) is the first and most notable "russian national comedy". As soon as the comedy was released it became a nation-wide success in Russia and an absolute leader of Russian box office in 1995. It has won Nika and Kinotavr awards. It was followed by three more "Peculiarities..." films.

Plot summary

Young Finnish specialist in hunting, “finik”, talks his Russian friend into assisting him to participate in a real Russian hunting in order to get to know about habits of real Russian hunters. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, a police detective, local forest ranger (a devotee of Zen Buddhism) and some big-city types from St. Petersburg. These parties (familiar to us) where they drink vodka and then they have amazing adventures, all this is shocking to “finik". But still he doesn't regret about wasted time…

External links

*imdb title|id=0114055|title=Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty
* [http://russart.com/?movietrailer&mid=66 Movie Trailer] and [http://russart.com/?moviepictures&mid=66 Screenshots]


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