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Grandads-Robbers is a 1971 Soviet movie by Eldar Ryazanov
, filmed on Mosfilm
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Vorobyov, another retired old man suggests an idea: he decided to set up the biggest crime ever and to solve it together to stay at work.
The first idea is to steal Rembrandt's picture from a museum. Old men doing this, but their plan fails: no one notices that the great canvas is stolen. Myachikov and Vorobyov are obliged to give the picture back.
The next plan is to rob the Myachikov's neighbour, collector Anna Pavlovna and then to return the money, but do not catch the thief. When Myachikov gets the bag with money, he meets the real robber. He takes all the money, and next morning the honest detective is obliged to invest his own money to "solve" the crime.
Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union....
, filmed on Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...
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Plot
Old detective Myachikov is being retired by his boss Fedyaev. The official version is that Myachikov solved none crimes during last two months. But the real reason is: the Fedyaev's boss asks him to free the detective's vacancy for another man, Proskudin.Vorobyov, another retired old man suggests an idea: he decided to set up the biggest crime ever and to solve it together to stay at work.
The first idea is to steal Rembrandt's picture from a museum. Old men doing this, but their plan fails: no one notices that the great canvas is stolen. Myachikov and Vorobyov are obliged to give the picture back.
The next plan is to rob the Myachikov's neighbour, collector Anna Pavlovna and then to return the money, but do not catch the thief. When Myachikov gets the bag with money, he meets the real robber. He takes all the money, and next morning the honest detective is obliged to invest his own money to "solve" the crime.
Cast
- Yuri NikulinYuri NikulinYuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films.He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990...
— Myachikov - Yevgeniy YevstigneyevYevgeniy YevstigneyevYevgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev was a prominent Soviet movie and theater actor and one of the founders of Moscow's Sovremennik Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR ....
— Vorobyov - Olga ArosevaOlga Aroseva-External links:...
— Anna Pavlovna - Georgi BurkovGeorgi BurkovGeorgi Ivanovich Burkov was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on July 19, 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis.-Selected filmography:Actor* Liberation * Stariki-razboyniki...
— Fedyaev - Andrei MironovAndrei MironovAndrei Alexandrovich Mironov was a Soviet theatre and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most popular Soviet films, such as The Diamond Arm, Beware of the Car and Twelve Chairs...
— Proskudin
- Valentina Vladimirova — Masha, Vorobyov's wife
- Yuri BelovYuri BelovYuri Vladimirovich Belov is a Russian Soviet realist painter, who live and work in Saint Petersburg . He is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , and regarded by art historian Sergei V...
— Petya - Valentina Talyzina — Fedyaev's secretary
- Roman Filippov — robber
- Nina AgapovaNina AgapovaFyodorovna Agapova is a Soviet/Russian actress.She graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951.In 1987, she was named an Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR.-External links:...
— museum keeper - Irina Murzayeva — museum keeper
- Lev DurovLev DurovLev Konstantinovich Durov is a Soviet/Russian theatre and films actor since 1955, People's Artist of USSR.-Filmography:actor* I Step Through Moscow * All The King's Men - Sugar Boy* Stariki-razboyniki - driver...
— driver - Boris Runge — shoes shop director
- Gotlib Roninson — doctor
- Yuri Smirnov — locksmith
- Georgi Kulikov — Vorobyov's colleague
- Viktor Bajkov — Vorobyov's colleague
- Yevgeni Perov — Vorobyov's colleague
- Natalya Sajko — Vorobyov's colleague
- Boris Vladimirov — Vorobyov's colleague
- Aleksandr Shirvindt — spokesman of the minister
- Eldar RyazanovEldar RyazanovEldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union....
— passer-by - Yuri Yakovlev — narrator (voice)