A 9-minute Soviet comedy where a dump truck crushes dreams, cars, and dignity.
Fedor Ivanovich purchased a Moskvich. Together with his wife, he was planning to go to a picturesque lake in the Moscow region. On the way, we picked up my mother-in-law in a new Moscow district and left the car at the entrance. Suddenly, shouts were heard from the street: “There’s an accident!” Fyodor Ivanovich, feeling cold, leaned out of the window and was stunned - his car was crushed by a dump truck...
Acting
Pugovkin's face when he sees the crushed Moskvich — pure devastation.
Direction
Mkrtchyan packs a full tragicomedy arc into nine minutes.
Director
Albert Mkrtchyan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Moskvich 408 was a genuine status symbol in 1968 USSR, making its destruction both funnier and more painful.
This short exemplifies the 'uyutnyi gadkiy' (cozy-ugly) humor of Soviet kitchen comedies — finding laughter in cramped apartments and shattered dreams.
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