The Policemen and the Thieves

19980 RU

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 5

DramaComedyCrime

Synopsis

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When a charming crook sold fake archaeological treasures to a naive foreigner, he did not know what he was doing: an overseas guest turned out to be the director of a Russian-American pasta factory. The deceived American angrily orders his guard to find a thief. Unhappy fraudster awaits terrible punishment.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gennadiy Khazanov
Swindler
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Slava - factory guard
Elena Tsyplakova
Zhanna - guard's wife
Evgeniya Glushenko
Dana - swindler's wife
Vladimir Zeldin
Grandpa
Sergey Batalov
Amelkin
Robert McIntyre
American - host macaroni factories
Gennadiy Nazarov
Taxi driver

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nikolay Dostal
Writers: Nikolay Dostal, Georgi Nikolayev
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 7

ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nikolay Dostal, shot by Sergey Yurizditskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Aleksandr Belyayev. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Gennadiy Khazanov and Vyacheslav Nevinnyy and Elena Tsyplakova carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0159662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nikolay Dostal directs. Sergey Yurizditskiy behind the camera. Aleksandr Belyayev scores. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Nikolay Dostal, shot by Sergey Yurizditskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Aleksandr Belyayev. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Gennadiy Khazanov and Vyacheslav Nevinnyy and Elena Tsyplakova carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0159662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.