Beware of the Car! (1966) on Netflix
NR19661h 34mComedyCrimeRomance
Yuri Detochkin, an insurance agent, steals Volga cars from clients whose wealth has no lawful source and gives the money to orphanages. His friend Maksim, a detective, is assigned to the case.
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Yuri Detochkin works in insurance and leads a second life as a car thief. In his work he meets wealthy men whose money has no lawful source, and he keeps records of them. One is Dima Semitsvetov, who sells foreign electronics under the counter and owns a Volga registered in his wife's name; his father-in-law, the retired officer Semyon Vasilyevich, is aware of his dealings. Yuri takes cars from such men, sells them and sends the money to orphanages. His friend Maksim Podberyozovikov, a detective, is put on the thefts. The two rehearse Hamlet in an amateur theater. Lyuba, a bus driver and Yuri's companion, waits for him to commit to her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Beware of the Car! (1966)
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- Every car stolen by Detochkin in Beware of the Car is a GAZ-21 Volga, the most prestigious Soviet car of the time and the standard personal car of the Soviet elite; director Ryazanov found this satirical element very hard to get approved.
- A petrol station scene in Beware of the Car features American cars, a 1955 Buick and a 1955 Oldsmobile, an extremely rare sighting there because the United States had sanctions on the USSR and did not sell these cars within the Eastern Bloc.
- The waltz performed in Beware of the Car is a melody composed by Andrey Petrov; Sergey Nikitin's song Glass Gentleman, with lyrics by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, used a waltz from the film.
- Beware of the Car is credited with launching Soviet political satire as a film genre, typified by Ryazanov's work, and was recognized as a satire of film noir, highly unusual in Brezhnev-era society.
