SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Beware of the Car

Synopsis

Feature film comedy. Detochkin, an insurance agent, is angry at the thought of crooks going unpunished and he begins a retribution campaign by stealing offenders’ cars, selling them, and donating the profits to an orphanage. Maksim, the detective investigating the thefts, co-incidentally is performing with Detochkin in an amateur production of Hamlet. The film contains scenes from rehearsals and the final performance.

Language

Russian

Country

Former USSR

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1966

Duration

90 mins

Credits

Director

Eldar Ryazanov

Cinematographer

Anatoli Mukasej; Vladimir Nakhabtsev

Screenplay

Eldar Ryazanov; Emil Braginsky

Music

Andrei Petrov

Production Design

Boris Nemechek; Lev Semyonov

Cast

Innokenti Smoktunovsky	Detochkin (Hamlet)
Oleg Yefremov	Maxim Podberezovikov

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; Amateur theatre

Notes

General

Smoktunovsky played Hamlet in Kozintsev’s film HAMLET (1964).

Production Company

Name

Mosfilm

Archive

Name

Pacific Film Archive

Web

http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu External site opens in new window

Phone

(510) 642 1437

Address

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive PFA Library
2625 Durant Avenue
#2250 Berkeley CA 94720-2250