The Man from Nowhere (1961)

Director
Eldar Ryazanov

Main cast
Sergei Yursky; Yuriy Yakovlev; Anatoli Papanov; Lyudmila Gurchenko; Anatoli Adoskin

Genres
Comedy, Fantasy

Description
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.


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