The Burglar
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With a brother dedicated to punk rock stardom at any cost and a drunken father who chases skirt between robotic dancing lessons from the TV, young Senka stands as much chance of nurture as the hero of Truffaut's 400 Blows. The amazing thing about Ogorodnikov's film is that it was made in Russia. Clearly, plenty of Soviet teenies share the nihilistic feelings of their Western counterparts, and the extensive footage of safety-pin chic at concerts perhaps points to a sound export instinct on the director's part. Senka's brother Kostya is under pressure from Howmuch, a very heavy rocker, to steal a synthesiser from the Community Centre, so to protect him Senka steals it himself. The story occupies little more space than the music, but the performances are splendid enough to lodge Senka's predicament in the heart.
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Cast
Oleg Kovalov
Tatyana Sharkova
Konstantin Kinchev
as Kostya Laushkin
Yuriy Tsapnik
as Yuri Laushkin
Pyotr Semak
as Khokhmach
Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.
as breakdancer from tv
Leonid Fedorov
Sergey Rogozhin
Oleg Yelykomov
as Senka Laushkin
Svetlana Gaytan
as Sveta Ivanovna
Polina Petrenko
as Angelina
Oleg Garkusha
as Oleg
Andrei Panov
as neighbour of Khokhmach
Aleksandr Milyutin
Nikolay Dik
as musician
Aleksandr Aksyonov
Vadim Mikheyenko
Alexei Rakhov
