The Policemen and the Thieves (1998)
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.
Director:
Nikolay Dostal
Writers:
Nikolay Dostal, Georgi Nikolayev.
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Gennadiy Khazanov as Swindler |
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Vyacheslav Nevinnyy as Slava - factory guard |
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Elena Tsyplakova as Zhanna - guard's wife |
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Evgeniya Glushenko as Dana - swindler's wife |
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Vladimir Zeldin as Grandpa |
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Sergey Batalov as Amelkin |
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Robert McIntyre as American - host macaroni factories |
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Gennadiy Nazarov as Taxi driver |
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Tagir Rakhimov as Yardman |
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Anna Skvarnik as Veronika - daughter of the guard |
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Sergey Krasnov as Alik - swindler's son |
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Aleksey Antonov as Garik - swindler's son |
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Timofey Matveev as Pavlik - guard's son |
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Daniil Usachyov as Borya |
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Vladimir Toptsov as |
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Elena Anisimova as Presenter in the hall |
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Boris Avdyukhov as Major militsii |
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Oleg Moshkarkin as Doctor |
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V. Ryabov as |
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Aleksandr Dostal as |
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Vladimir Timofeev as Input controller |
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Yuri Kryuchkov as Video surveillance operator |
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L. Vasilyeva as |
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N. Grichenko as |
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S. Kralin as |
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V. Chaliy as |
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V. Danilov as |
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R. Kuznetsov as |
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Konstantin Arkhipov as |
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Aleksandr Titorenko as TV presenter |
| Directing | Nikolay Dostal | Director |
| Writing | Nikolay Dostal | Screenplay |
| Writing | Georgi Nikolayev | Screenplay |
| Production | Pavel Karpenko | Administration |
| Production | Yelena Mizonova | Administration |
| Production | Mariya Murashova | Administration |
| Production | Erik Waisberg | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Mariya Sergeyeva | Lead Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Gaintseva | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Bogatyreva | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Sarkisova | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Irina Averkina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Larisa Khrulyova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yuri Kryuchkov | Co-Director |
| Directing | Lyudmila Vasilyeva | Co-Director |
| Art | Aleksey Bryashev | Decorator |
| Art | Andrey Dolomatov | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Valeri Filippov | Production Design |
| Art | Victor Tolkochiov | Property Master |
| Sound | Aleksandr Astakhov | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Yevgeniy Bazanov | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Yevgeni Nekrasov | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Sound | Yan Pototsky | Sound Director |
| Crew | Valeriy Derkach | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Fyodor Shilov | Stunts |
| Crew | Fyodor Voytov | Stunts |
| Camera | Yuri Bazarov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Lidia Grishina | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Elena Guseva | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nikolay Kulchitskiy | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Igor Matrosov | Master Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Aleksandr Mazur | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Vyacheslav Petukhov | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Oleg Rodnyanskiy | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Viktor Yamshchikov | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Sergey Yurizditskiy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Yuriy Zuerev | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Chapkovich | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariya Kryuchkova | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Tatyana Kasatkina | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Zoya Vasilyeva | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Sergei Skripka | Conductor |
| Sound | Aleksandr Belyayev | Original Music Composer |