Beware of the Car

Beware of the Car Russian , translit.Beregis Avtomobilya, US titles Uncommon Thief, or Watch out for the Automobile is a Soviet 1966 crime comedydrama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on a screenplay by Emil Braginsky and produced by the Mosfilm. The film stars renowned Soviet actors Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Oleg Yefremov, Anatoli Papanov, Andrei Mironov, Georgy Zhzhyonov, among others.

The movie plot evolves around Yuriy Detochkin Smoktunovsky, a humble Soviet insurance agent suffering from a minor mental disorder. Detochkin applies great resourcefullness and exceptional driving skill to stealing cars from corrupt Soviet officials in a Robin Hood way, disappointed by the Militsiya Soviet police being unable to fight them efficiently. One of the Detochkins uninnocent victims is Dima Semitsvetov Mironov, a retail embezzler hilariously trolled, but still tolerated by his colourful fatherinlaw SokolKruzhkin Papanov, a retired Soviet Army officer.Detochkin sells the stolen cars and anonymously transfers the money to the accounts of various orphanages. Detective Maxim Podberyozovikov Yefremov investigates his crimes and tries to prosecute him, but faces a serious moral problem in doing that, partly because the suspect appears to be his amateur theater mate and friend. ........

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