Beware of the Car

Beware of the Car
Soviet billboard theatrical poster of the film
Directed by	Eldar Ryazanov
Written by	Emil Braginsky Eldar Ryazanov
Starring	Innokenty Smoktunovsky Oleg Yefremov Andrei Mironov Anatoli Papanov Georgy Zhzhyonov
Narrated by	Yuri Yakovlev
Music by	Andrei Petrov
Cinematography	Anatoliy Mukasey Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Edited by	Yekaterina Ovsyannikova
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1966
Running time	94 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Beware of the Car (Russian: Береги́сь автомоби́ля, translit. Beregis Avtomobilya, US titles Uncommon Thief, or Watch out for the Automobile) is a Soviet 1966 crime comedy-drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on a screenplay by Emil Braginsky and produced by the Mosfilm. The film stars renowned Soviet actors Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Oleg Yefremov, Anatoli Papanov, Andrei Mironov, Georgy Zhzhyonov, among others.

Beregis' Avtomobilya is recognized for its noir genre satire as uncommon part of the Brezhnevist society. It is credited to have given Ryazanov a start in depicting Soviet political structure satire as a class of comedy cult films.

The movie plot evolves around Yuriy Detochkin (Smoktunovsky), a humble Soviet insurance agent suffering from a minor mental disorder. Detochkin applies great resourcefullness and exceptional driving skill to stealing cars from corrupt Soviet officials in a Robin Hood way, disappointed by the Militsiya (Soviet police) being unable to fight them efficiently. One of the Detochkin's un-innocent victims is Dima Semitsvetov (Mironov), a retail embezzler hilariously trolled, but still tolerated by his colourful father-in-law Sokol-Kruzhkin (Papanov), a retired Soviet Army officer.