The Burglar

The Burglar (1987)

Drama

With a brother dedicated to punk rock stardom at any cost and a drunken father who chases skirt between robotic dancing lessons from the TV, young Senka stands as much chance of nurture as the hero of Truffaut's 400 Blows. The amazing thing about Ogorodnikov's film is that it was made in Russia. Clearly, plenty of Soviet teenies share the nihilistic feelings of their Western counterparts, and the extensive footage of safety-pin chic at concerts perhaps points to a sound export instinct on the director's part. Senka's brother Kostya is under pressure from Howmuch, a very heavy rocker, to steal a synthesiser from the Community Centre, so to protect him Senka steals it himself. The story occupies little more space than the music, but the performances are splendid enough to lodge Senka's predicament in the heart.

Director: Valeriy Ogorodnikov

Casts

	Oleg Yelykomov as Senka Laushkin
	Konstantin Kinchev as Kostya Laushkin
	Yuriy Tsapnik as Yuri Laushkin
	Svetlana Gaytan as Sveta Ivanovna
	Polina Petrenko as Angelina
	Oleg Garkusha as Oleg
	Nikolay Dik as musician
	Leonid Fedorov as
	Andrei Panov as neighbour of Khokhmach
	Pyotr Semak as Khokhmach
	Oleg Kovalov as
	Svetlana Bulynenkova as
	Tatyana Sharkova as
	Evert Sooster as
	Sergey Rogozhin as
	Aleksandr Aksyonov as
	Vadim Mikheyenko as
	Aleksandr Milyutin as
	Alexei Rakhov as
	Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. as breakdancer from tv

Crew