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# The 1975 film “Miniatures” and the fates of Zhvanetsky, Kartsev and Ilchenko
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pervyi-film-kotoryi-byl-sniat-po-stsenariiu-zhvanetskogo-miniatiury-1975-goda-s-romanom-kartsevym-i-viktorom-ilchenko/
- Published: 2020-11-06T14:16:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:02:12.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Cinema, Books, Pop Culture, Humour

The first film made from a script by Zhvanetsky is the 1975 [Miniatures](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ic0-RfHq3A&ref=theparnassian.com) with Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. It turns out that all three are now dead: Ilchenko was the first to go, at 55, having been tipped for great success on the variety stage. Kartsev died 2 years ago, aged 79\. Zhvanetsky held out until 86.

This film largely shaped the later perception of Mikhail Mikhailovich in modern culture, although he wrote more than a dozen books, some of them quite serious, and if one thinks about it, as a writer he is of greater consequence than as a mere humorist or satirist.

At the link is a good episode of XX Century on the Kultura channel, which covers this film among other things.