Hmm..

There's a lot of subdued, tongue-in-check, almost cryptic messages in dialogs and acting, the interaction between actors and the message sent to the viewer is often somewhat subliminal. The movie is based as much on "feeling" the atmosphere, listening to the tone of a voice as on plot or _what_ was said. This is true also for many other great Soviet movies of that era(The Irony of Fate, for instance). It is very subjective, so not everybody sees it the same way. However, judging by film's wild popularity among young Soviet intellectuals at the time, its appeal was broad enough.

ty for your reply..I think people who have seen this as a child would have great memories from this movie and therefore rate it this high. I can understand