Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
| Directing | Leonid Gaidai | Director |
| Writing | Moris Slobodskoy | Writer |
| Writing | Yakov Kostyukovskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Leonid Gaidai | Writer |
| Sound | Aleksandr Zatsepin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Konstantin Brovin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Valentina Yankovskaya | Editor |
| Art | Vladimir Kaplunovskiy | Production Design |
| Art | N. Abakumov | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | N. Shimilis | Costume Design |
| Directing | Igor Bityukov | Assistant Director |
| Production | L. Freydin | Production Manager |
| Sound | Vladimir Krachkovskiy | Sound |
