

In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called Tapi to Moscow, in order to save him from being eaten by other tribesmen as well as to prove the tribe's existence to academia. The main character is probably based on Yeti.
Directed by Eldar Ryazanov, Maks Gershengorin
User score
11 votes
Released
May 18, 1961
1h 21m
Russian

Sergei Yursky
Chudak

Yuriy Yakovlev
Porazhayev

Anatoliy Papanov
Krokhalyov

Lyudmila Gurchenko
Lena

Ninel Myshkova
Olya

Anatoli Adoskin
Misha

Vladimir Muravyov
head of the police precinct

Yuri Belov
police sergeant

Antoni Khodursky
actor

Pyotr Savin

Vladimir Pitsek

Viktor Koltsov

Georgi Tusuzov

Pavel Tarasov

Galina Stepanova

Mikhail Troyanovsky
Ivan Aleksandrov
(uncredited)
Lev Lobov
(uncredited)

Valentin Bryleev
(uncredited)

Georgi Millyar
(uncredited)