Crazies

Crazies is a romantic comedy with fantasy elements set during the construction of the first railroad in Russia. The story follows the unlikely and unusual events that surrounded the building of the line between St. Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo, a project initiated by an Austrian engineer.

Directed by Alla Surikova, the film was released in 1991 and represents the third project in a list of five directed films, following Fuss of the Fusses and Sincerely Yours... and preceding Moscow Vacation and Moscow, I Love You!. The screenplay was written by Kim Ryzhov and Vladimir Kunin. The production was handled by Ritm in the Soviet Union. The ensemble cast features Nikolai Karachentsov as Rodion, Ulrich Pleitgen as Otto Franz von Gessner, Olga Kabo as Masha, Leonid Yarmolnik as Tikhon Zajtsev, Sergei Stepanchenko as Fed'ka Pirandello, and Natalya Gundareva as Countess.

Audience reception is mixed, with a moderate rating of 6.6/10 on IMDb based on 148 votes, while it holds a lower score of 5.3/10 on TMDB from 12 votes.