Look for a Woman (Season 1)

"Look for a Woman" (1983) is a Soviet TV comedy-detective you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Alla Surikova and based on the French play "Histoire d'un meurtre" by Robert Thomas, it opens with a body found in a notary's office. The police investigate. Then Suzanna the secretary decides to help — and things unravel fast.

A dozen suspects, each with something to hide. Leonid Kuravlyov, Sergei Yursky, Sofiko Chiaureli, Elena Solovey, Alexander Abdulov and Leonid Yarmolnik play off one another in a sprawling ensemble where every character is both culprit and amateur detective.

The comedy here isn't in the punchlines — it's in what happens when an overcrowded cast of overconfident bystanders all try to solve the same murder at once. Stream "Look for a Woman" (1983) online on iFILM.