Very Important Person

Very Important Person (1984) is a Soviet comedy directed by Yevgeniy Gerasimov — watch it online on iFILM. Yury Nazarov stars alongside Nina Ruslanova and Vyacheslav Nevinny.

Collective farm chairman Rodion Shishkin doesn't hide what he thinks about the officials blocking his work. He argues loudly, creates scenes, and generally makes life difficult for those above him. When yet another blowup seems headed for consequences, the opposite happens: he gets promoted. A short, cheerful film — just 70 minutes — about a bureaucratic system where making noise turns out to be a career strategy. Watch Very Important Person online on iFILM.