Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (Russian: Безумный день инженера Баркасова, romanized: Bezumnyy den inzhenera Barkasova) is a 1983 Soviet comedy feature film, directed by Nikolai Lyrchikov, loosely based on the play Canvas Bag and the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko.

[1] Set in the 1920s, the film follows engineer Alexey Gavrilovich Barkasov, a high-ranking and overworked official who, in a single day, finds himself caught up in a series of absurd and comedic mishaps.

Acting on this advice, his deputy buys tickets for an operetta and arranges for Barkasov’s secretary, Sofochka Krutetskaya, to accompany him for the evening.

When Barkasov returns home briefly to collect some forgotten papers, he mistakenly swaps his briefcase with that of an electric inspector working in their apartment.

Sofochka’s jealous husband spreads misinformation, confusing Abramotkin, a suitor of their office’s typist, Nastya Troykina, about who is attending the theater with whom.