

The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets: stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.

Mikhail Pugovkin
Gorbushkin
Lead
Nina Grebeshkova
Gorbushkina

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Gorbushkina's brother

Mikhail Svetin
Vitaly Borisovich

Oleg Dal
Anatoly Barygin-Amursky

Svetlana Kryuchkova
Zinulya

Mikhail Kokshenov
«big guy»

Natalya Seleznyova
Tanyusha
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leonid Gaidai's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. It Can't Be! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”