Car thief!

Movie
German title	Car thief!
Original title	Берегись автомобиля
Country of production	Soviet Union
original language	Russian
Publishing year	1966
length	94 minutes
Rod
Director	Eldar Ryazanov
script	Emil Braginski Eldar Ryazanov
production	Mosfilm TO Luck
music	Andrei Petrov
camera	Vladimir Nachabzew
occupation
Innokenti Smoktunowski : Yuri Detochkin Oleg Yefremov : Maxim Podberezovikov Lyubov Dobrschanskaja : Detochkin's mother Anatoly Papanow : Simon W. Sokol-Kruschkin Olga Arossewa : Lyuba Andrei Mironov : Dmitri Semitsvetov Georgi Schschonow : militiaman Donatas Banionis : Pastor Yevgeny Yevstigneyev : Director of the amateur theater Antonina Maximowa : actress in the amateur theater

Car thief! (Russian title: Берегись автомобиля / Beregis Awtomobilja , translit. Beregis' Avtomobilja ) is a Soviet crime comedy from 1966 by director Eldar Ryazanow .

action

The insurance agent Yuri Detochkin ( Innokenti Smoktunowski ) stays away from work for days to - as he says - visit relatives who are sick or dying and who live far away. In reality, however, he steals cars, which he only takes away from gatekeepers, greased officials or other opaque figures, in order to then sell the vehicles in other regions of the Soviet Union and transfer the proceeds to children's homes. Both Detochkin's mother and his fiancé, the trolleybus driver Lyuba ( Olga Arossewa ), whom he told that he was traveling on business, these trips seem suspicious.

Even the astute criminalist Maxim Podberesowikow ( Oleg Yefremov ), who investigates the car theft, is slowly getting on his track. As luck would have it, Detochkin and Podberesowikow both play in the same amateur drama group, where they get to know each other and become friends. In a Shakespeare production, there is a showdown .

background

The film, in which a star cast of the then Soviet film art participated, is still one of the most popular Russian-language comedies today.

In DEFA film distribution, it ran under the title Auto-Affären .

Reviews

The Evangelical Film-Observer draws the following conclusion: "A socially critical entertainment film from the USSR, which is a bit cumbersome, but is recommended because of its humanity and the great acting performance of Hamlet actor Innokenti Smoktunowski and the other actors."

Web links

Commons : Beware of the Car movie  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Car thief! in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual proof

1. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 322/1967