CritiquePeak

  • Film
  • TV
  • Music

© 2025 CritiquePeak. All rights reserved.

Contact
Poster for the film The BurglarPoster for the film The Burglar

The Burglar

1987

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.

Cast & Crew

OYOY
Oleg Yelykomov

as Senka Laushkin

KKKK
Konstantin Kinchev

as Kostya Laushkin

YTYT
Yuriy Tsapnik

as Yuri Laushkin

SGSG
Svetlana Gaytan

as Sveta Ivanovna

PPPP
Polina Petrenko

as Angelina

OGOG
Oleg Garkusha

as Oleg

Reviews

No reviews yet.

More like this

Page 0 of 0

Details

test details