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The Policemen and the Thieves

6.71998MovieDramaComedyCrime

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…

DirectorNikolay Dostal
WritersGeorgi Nikolayev·Nikolay Dostal
ProducerErik Waisberg

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Cast · Directed by Nikolay Dostal

GKGennadiy Khazanov
Gennadiy Khazanov
Swindler
VNVyacheslav Nevinnyy
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Slava - factory guard
ETElena Tsyplakova
Elena Tsyplakova
Zhanna - guard's wife
EGEvgeniya Glushenko
Evgeniya Glushenko
Dana - swindler's wife
VZVladimir Zeldin
Vladimir Zeldin
Grandpa
SBSergey Batalov
Sergey Batalov
Amelkin
RM
Robert McIntyre
American - host macaroni factories
GNGennadiy Nazarov
Gennadiy Nazarov
Taxi driver
TRTagir Rakhimov
Tagir Rakhimov
Yardman
ASAnna Skvarnik
Anna Skvarnik
Veronika - daughter of the guard
SKSergey Krasnov
Sergey Krasnov
Alik - swindler's son
AA
Aleksey Antonov
Garik - swindler's son

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