Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

A kind, yet naïve, ethnography student named Shurik (Alexander Demyanenko), goes to the Caucasus to learn ancient customs and traditions practised by the locals. He meets Nina (Natalya Varley), a higher education student, an athlete, a member of the Komsomol, and a beauty, who is being kidnapped by Comrade Saakhov (Vladimir Etush). Shurik agrees to help, misunderstanding that the kidnapping is a local custom, but soon learns the truth and tries to rescue Nina.