Car thief!
Movie | |
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German title | Car thief! |
Original title | Берегись автомобиля |
Country of production | Soviet Union |
original language | Russian |
Publishing year | 1966 |
length | 94 minutes |
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Director | Eldar Ryazanov |
script |
Emil Braginski Eldar Ryazanov |
production |
Mosfilm TO Luck |
music | Andrei Petrov |
camera | Vladimir Nachabzew |
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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
- Car thief! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual proof
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 322/1967