New Year's Abduction
1970, Russian. Directed by Yuri Saakov.
The fire department is preparing for the New Year. Three activists of amateur performances decide to kidnap professional artists for a New Year's concert. A police captain investigates the kidnapping and listens to complaints from the “unkidnapped” artists.
- Runtime
- 3h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Yuri SaakovDirector
- Mikhail Pugovkinsenior police lieutenant / French police officer
- Oleg Anofriev«kidnapper» / amateur arts activist
- Savely Kramarov«kidnapper» / amateur arts activist
- Evgeniy Steblov«kidnapper» / amateur arts activist
- Vladimir BelokurovBelokurov
- Yukhym BerezinBerezin
- Yurii TymoshenkoTymoshenko
- Serafima BirmanBirman
- Aleksandr BorisovBorisov
- Zinovi VysokovskyVysokovsky
- Rina Zelyonayatalkative visitor
- Lyudmila ZykinaZykina
Details
- Released
- 13 January 1970
- Original title
- Новогоднее похищение
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Zinoviy Papernyy, Maya Soymonova
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New Year's Abduction runs 212 minutes (3h 32m).
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New Year's Abduction isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 January 1970. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like New Year's Abduction?
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Who directed New Year's Abduction?
New Year's Abduction (1970) was directed by Yuri Saakov and stars Mikhail Pugovkin, Oleg Anofriev, Savely Kramarov.