Favourite Russian Films: Watch Out for the Automobile

The masked soviet film avenger returns. This time with a gearhead film-noir comedy classic to chew over.

Characters: 

Yuri Detochkin

  • A trenchcoat-donning car thief annoyed to the last degree by corruption and crooks. A soviet Travis Bickle without the trigger-happy mohawkness. A soviet Robin Hood without the fetching green tights. A soviet Zorro without the masquarade outfit and swash-buckling acrobatic. etc
  • Swirls the moral compass by donating the car-pawning dosh to orphanages.
  • Side tracks as an insurance agent and amateur Shakespeare-spewing thespian 
Maxim Podberyozovikov

  • Lead sleuth on the case and fellow amatuer theatre actor.


Why I love it: Well filmed, well scripted, well acted, well scored and so goddamn quotable.

Theme Song: Waltz - Andrei Petrov

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