Beware of the Automobile
Берегись автомобиля
(1966)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 94mins
Director: Eldar Ryazanov
Cast: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Efremov, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya, Anatoly Papanov
Yuri Detochkin (Smoktunovskiy) a shy, humble insurance agent and amateur theatre actor is a modern day Robin Hood. He steals cars from corrupt Soviet officials, sells them and sends the funds anonymously to orphanages. Detective Podberyozovikov (Efremov) investigates car thefts. He is on the trail of a cunning and dangerous criminal. When he realises that the thief is Detochkin, he faces a serious moral dilemma: how can he prosecute such an honorable thief and a fellow amateur theatre actor who is starring as Hamlet. A sparkling, lyrical crime comedy featuring two of the best actors of the 1960s.