---
title: 'Beware of the Car (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Eldar Ryazanov'
released: '1966-05-25'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beware-of-the-car-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060161/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beware of the Car (1966)

1966 · 94 min · Romance, Mystery · Soviet Union

Original title: Берегись автомобиля

## Synopsis

Beware of the Car is a 1966 Soviet crime comedy drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on a screenplay by Emil Braginsky and produced by Mosfilm. It stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Oleg Yefremov, Andrei Mironov and Anatoli Papanov, among others. Beware of the Car is recognized as a satire of the film noir genre, highly unusual in Brezhnev-era society. It is credited for launching Soviet political satire as a film genre, typified by Ryazanov's work.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Eldar Ryazanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/eldar-ryazanov)
- **Screenplay:** [Eldar Ryazanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/eldar-ryazanov), [Emil Braginsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-braginsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrey Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-petrov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anatoly Mukasey](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-mukasey), [Vladimir Nakhabtsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-nakhabtsev)

## Cast

- [Galina Volchek](https://cinepixo.com/people/galina-volchek)
- [Oleg Yefremov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-yefremov)
- [Olga Aroseva](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-aroseva)
- [Georgiy Zhzhonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgiy-zhzhonov)
- [Donatas Banionis](https://cinepixo.com/people/donatas-banionis)
- [Anatoli Papanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoli-papanov)
- [Vyacheslav Nevinny](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyacheslav-nevinny)
- [Andrei Mironov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-mironov)
- [Antonina Maksimova](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonina-maksimova)
- [Innokenty Smoktunovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/innokenty-smoktunovsky)
- [Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeniy-yevstigneyev)
- [Aleksey Korenev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-korenev)
- [Lyubov Sokolova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyubov-sokolova)

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