Watch Out for the Automobile

Original title: Beregis avtomobilya

19661966
1h 34min

Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Comedy Crime Romance

A very good cop tries to catch a very insidious and extremely clever serial car thief. The bitter irony is that the thief is not very clever, absolutely not insidious, and moreover - a virtu... Read allA very good cop tries to catch a very insidious and extremely clever serial car thief. The bitter irony is that the thief is not very clever, absolutely not insidious, and moreover - a virtuous person and his friend.A very good cop tries to catch a very insidious and extremely clever serial car thief. The bitter irony is that the thief is not very clever, absolutely not insidious, and moreover - a virtuous person and his friend.

Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
Writers
- Emil Braginskiy
- Eldar Ryazanov
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Viktoriya Radunskaya, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, and Oleg Efremov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Sergey Kulagin, Viktoriya Radunskaya, and Oleg Efremov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Viktoriya Radunskaya in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Viktoriya Radunskaya and Oleg Efremov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Tatyana Gavrilova, Andrey Mironov, and Anatoliy Papanov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Tatyana Gavrilova, Andrey Mironov, and Anatoliy Papanov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy and Oleg Efremov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Olga Aroseva and Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Tatyana Gavrilova, Andrey Mironov, and Oleg Efremov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Viktoriya Radunskaya and Oleg Efremov in Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
Writers
- Emil Braginskiy
- Eldar Ryazanov
All cast & crew
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The hero of the film is an insurance agent who is also a car thief. He steals cars only from various crooks and never from the good people. Then he sells those stolen cars and gives all the money to charity. His best friend is a cop who is working on this case. —Mikhail Kruk <meshko@hotmail.com>

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Genres
Parents guide
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Trivia
Yuriy Nikulin was first considered to play Yury Detochkin and almost signed the contract, but his Circus sent him on tour to South America for almost half a year. The project could not be postponed for such a long period, so Oleg Efremov was invited, but after long debates the role was given to Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, and Yefremov became Maxim Podberezovikov.

Goofs
In the end if the car chase (minute 52) between the policeman on a motorcycle and Youri Detochkin, a member of the crew in a hat is visible in the left mirror of the car.

Quotes
Shop Salesman: If you'll marry, marry an orphan.

Crazy credits
In the opening titles it is not written "starring" but it is written "in leading roles" (v rolyah) and "in small roles" (v malenkih rolyah)

Connections
Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Donatas Banionis

Top review

10/10

An excellent movie

This is one of my favourite comedies, and it's a real shame that as I write this there is no version with English subtitles available. This is truly one of the funniest movies that I've ever seen, especially the hilarious narrated car chase sequence.

This is quite a well-known movie in Russia so it seems strange that there is no English version yet. We can only hope that RusCiCo or KINO will eventually release something.

The movie's humour is gentle, ironic, and just plain wacky at times, and the main character is easy to identify with, even if he is technically a criminal (though not a criminal at heart); there are no actual "bad people" in the movie, and there are some pretty funny situations when the protagonist reveals through his own honesty how the morals of other people can be much more crooked than his (for example, the guy who desperately needs a ride and isn't at all put off after being told that the guy he's asking for a ride is about to steal the car).

Highly recommended (if you can understand Russian).

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Niffiwan
Apr 14, 2005

Release date
- May 25, 1966 (Soviet Union)
Country of origin
- Soviet Union
Official site
- WATCH OUT FOR THE AUTOMOBILE
Language
- Russian
Also known as
- Kradljivac automobila
Filming locations
- Odessa, Ukraine
Production company
- Mosfilm
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Gross worldwide
- $10,154

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Runtime
- 1h 34min
Color
- Black and White(original version)
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

Beregis avtomobilya (1966)

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