Striped Trip

Striped Trip is a 1961 Soviet comedy film directed by Vladimir Fetin, with the acclaimed tiger tamer Margarita Nazarova in the main role. The movie was seen by 45.8 mil. viewers on the year of release, becoming the Soviet box office leader. Plot To escape from a hot tropical place Shuleykin (Yevgeny Leonov) accepts a position on a ship looking after a cargo of twelve cages with tigers. Chief mate ("starpom" in Russian), played by Ivan Dmitriyev) has continuous arguments with Marianna (Margarita Nazarova) about the little tricks she plays on the crew. One day a stowaway monkey opens the cages and the limited capabilities of Shuleykin get exposed. In this situation Marianna unexpectedly turns into a skilled animal trainer. Cast Alexey Gribov as Vasily Vasilyevich, captain Ivan Dmitriyev as Oleg Petrovich, chief mate Margarita Nazarova as Marianna Andreevna, barmaid (voiced by Galina Korotkevich) Yevgeny Leonov as Gleb Savelievich Shuleykin, cook, who was forced to impersonate a tiger tamer Vladimir Belokurov as Alexey Stepanovich, boatswain Nikolai Volkov as agent (voiced by Yefim Kopelyan) Aleksandr Benyaminov as Chocoladi, Indian tamer Arkadi Trusov as cook Vyacheslav Sirin as Motya, sailor, who can famously beat tap dancing Aleksei Smirnov as Valya Knysh, sailor on watch Alexey Kozhevnikov as radioman Alexander Susnin as Sidorenko, sailor Nikolay Trofimov as navigator Alisa Freindlich as Shuleykin's assistant in the circus buffet Vasily Lanovoy as vacationer on the beach Yuri Gorobets as militiaman