The Policemen and the Thieves

The Policemen and the Thieves

1998 · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Comedy, Crime

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.

Directed by Nikolay Dostal · Written by Georgi Nikolayev

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