The Policemen and the Thieves
1998, Russian. Directed by Nikolay Dostal.
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 guard to find a thief. Unhappy fraudster awaits terrible punishment.
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- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Nikolay DostalDirector
- Gennadiy KhazanovSwindler
- Vyacheslav NevinnyySlava - factory guard
- Elena TsyplakovaZhanna - guard's wife
- Evgeniya GlushenkoDana - swindler's wife
- Vladimir ZeldinGrandpa
- Sergey BatalovAmelkin
- Robert McIntyreAmerican - host macaroni factories
- Gennadiy NazarovTaxi driver
- Tagir RakhimovYardman
- Anna SkvarnikVeronika - daughter of the guard
- Sergey KrasnovAlik - swindler's son
- Alyosha AntipovGarik - swindler's son
Details
- Released
- 12 December 1998
- Original title
- Полицейские и воры
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Georgi Nikolayev, Nikolay Dostal
- Budget
- $35K
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The Policemen and the Thieves isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 December 1998. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Policemen and the Thieves, try Gentlemen of Fortune, Where the Money Is, Things Change.
Who directed The Policemen and the Thieves?
The Policemen and the Thieves (1998) was directed by Nikolay Dostal and stars Gennadiy Khazanov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Elena Tsyplakova.