Ograblenie po...

Ograblenie po…
Directed by	Yefim Gamburg
Written by	Mikhail Lipskerov
Music by	Gennadi Gladkov
Distributed by	Soyuzmultfilm
Release date(s)	1978, 1988
Running time	18 min 5 sec
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

…-styled robbery (Russian: Ограбление по…, translit. Ograblenie po...) is a 1978 Soviet animated film by Yefim Gamburg. The film was split into four sections, named American-styled robbery, French-styled robbery, Italian-styled robbery and the last section, which is untitled but clearly refers to the USSR. Each part is a parody of detective films of 1960s and 1970s in the corresponding countries. The animated characters parody popular actors of that era—Louis de Funès, Sophia Loren, Saveli Kramarov, and others.

The American part parodies Hollywood action films with exaggerated explosions, car chases, striptease, violent deaths and a cold-blooded corrupt Sheriff character based on Marlon Brando. The French part parodies film noir, and its characters are based on Jean Gabin, Fernandel, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot and Louis de Funès. The Italian part parodies colorful Italian mafia films with characters based on Marcelo Mastroianni and Sophia Loren.

The final part does not have a title, but is clearly based in the USSR. The robber characters are based on the Soviet actors Saveli Kramarov and Stanislav Chekan and the Militsiya man is based on Mikhail Zharov. This part satirizes the inefficiency of the Soviet economy—the robbers are trying to rob the Sberkassa, but they cannot do it because it is always closed for cleanup or repairs. This last part was not shown in the USSR (see Censorship in the USSR) because of the problematic satire and because Saveli Kramarov emigrated to the USA by the time the film was completed. The full version was re-released only in 1988, in the time of Glasnost.

The opening frames include a parody of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo, with Cheburashka replacing the MGM lion.

Voice cast

• Vsevolod Larionov
• Gennadi Morozov

External links

• Ograblenie po... (1978) at Animator.ru
• Ograblenie po... (new cut) (1988) at Animator.ru
• Мультпародии Ефима Гамбурга, stengazeta.net
• Ograblenie po... at the Internet Movie Database