Grandads-Robbers

Grandads-Robbers
Directed by	Eldar Ryazanov
Written by	Emil Braginsky Eldar Ryazanov
Produced by	Mosfilm
Starring	Yuri Nikulin Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev Olga Aroseva Georgi Burkov Andrei Mironov
Cinematography	Nikolay Nemolyaev Genrey Abramyan
Music by	Andrei Petrov
Release date	7 August 1972 (1972-08-07)
Running time	87 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Grandads-Robbers (Russian: Старики́–разбо́йники, romanized: Stariki-razboyniki) is a 1972 Soviet comedy-drama by Eldar Ryazanov, filmed on Mosfilm. Movie title resembles the name of a Russian children's traditional yard game Cossacks-Robbers (Russian: казаки–разбойники, romanized: kazaki-razboyniki).

Plot

Old detective Nikolay Myachikov is being retired by his boss Fedyaev. The official version is that Myachikov has solved no crimes for the last two months. But the real reason is that Fedyaev's boss wants Myachikov's position to go to another man, Proskudin.

Engineer Valentin Vorobyov, another retired old man and Myachikov's best friend, suggests to Myachikov that they set up the biggest crime ever and then solve it together to stay at work.

The first idea is to steal Rembrandt's picture from a museum. The plan fails as no one notices that the great canvas is stolen. Myachikov and Vorobyov have to sneak the picture back.

The next plan is to rob Myachikov's neighbour, collector Anna Pavlovna and then to return the money, but do not catch the thief. When Myachikov gets the bag with cash, he meets the real robber. He takes all the money, and next morning the honest detective is obliged to invest his own money to "solve" the crime.

Cast

• Yuri Nikulin — Nikolay Sergeevitch Myachikov
• Yevgeny Yevstigneyev — Valentin Petrovich Vorobyov
• Olga Aroseva — Anna Pavlovna Suzdaleva
• Georgi Burkov — Fyodor Fyodorovitch Fedyaev
• Andrei Mironov — Yury Yevgenyevitch Proskudin
• Valentina Vladimirova — Masha, Vorobyov's wife
• Yuri Belov — Petya, militsiaman
• Valentina Talyzina — Fedyaev's secretary
• Roman Filippov — robber
• Nina Agapova — museum keeper
• Irina Murzaeva — old museum keeper
• Lev Durov — driver of the collector car
• Boris Runge — shoes shop director
• Gotlib Roninson — doctor
• Yuri Smirnov — locksmith
• Georgi Kulikov — Vorobyov's colleague
• Viktor Bajkov — Vorobyov's colleague
• Yevgeni Perov — Vorobyov's colleague
• Natalya Sajko — Vorobyov's colleague
• Boris Vladimirov — Vorobyov's colleague
• Aleksandr Shirvindt — spokesman of the minister
• Eldar Ryazanov — Myachikov's colleague
• Yuri Yakovlev — narrator (voice)

External links

• Grandads-Robbers at IMDb
• Grandads-Robbers at AllMovie