The Garage
A garage cooperative meeting turns into a microcosm of Soviet society when members must vote on who loses their spot.
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About the film
What it’s about
Members of a garage cooperative gather to decide which four of them will be excluded because a highway is planned through their territory. The board has already drawn up a list, and the meeting is expected to approve it without debate. But when someone locks the door and hides the key, the proceedings take an unexpected turn.
What hooks you
Directed by Eldar Ryazanov, this film draws on a real incident at a Mosfilm garage cooperative that the director himself witnessed. The cast includes Valentin Gaft as the board chairman Sidorin, Iya Savvina as board member Anikeeva, and Liya Akhedzhakova as Malaeva. Shot in just 24 days, it captures how ordinary people behave when their own interests are at stake.
Who it’s for
It is a good pick for those who like sharp social satire and ensemble dramas where a single room reveals the flaws of a whole society.
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Year
- 1979
- Running time
- 1h 36min
- Age rating
- 12+
- World premiere
- Mar 10, 1980
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 1,453 votesCreative team
All 9-
01
Valentin Gaft
Sidorin, chairman of the board of the garage cooperative
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02
Iya Savvina
Anikeeva, member of the board of the garage cooperative
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03
Liya Akhedzhakova
Malaeva
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04
Andrey Myagkov
Khvostov
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05
Georgi Burkov
Vitaly Fetisov
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06
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Guskov's wife
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07
Leonid Markov
Professor Smirnovsky
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08
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Karpukhin
Trivia
All facts 7
- The plot of the film is based on a real story — a meeting of the garage construction cooperative of «Mosfilm», of which Eldar Ryazanov was a member. And just as in the film, at a meeting of the garage construction cooperative, in connection with the construction of a highway that was to run through the territory previously allocated for the construction of garages, the question of expelling several «superfluous» members was decided. The unexpected and paradoxical behavior of his colleagues deeply struck Ryazanov and prompted the idea of writing a screenplay based on the events that had occurred. The construction of the highway, the expulsion of some members, the dishonorable behavior of people in the situation that arose — these are real events.
- The museum that Liya Akhedzhakova's character walks through at the beginning of the film is the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg.
- The film was shot in 24 shooting days; including weekends and preparation, filming took a month and a half. Production was fully completed by May 1979.
- At the moment when Liya Akhedzhakova's character says the line "Well, I, I locked the door!", Kostolevsky is standing behind her in a brown jacket. And when a moment later he says "Strong little thing", Kostolevsky is wearing a light-colored raincoat.
- The role of Professor Smirnovsky was intended for Vyacheslav Tikhonov, but he turned it down.
- Rolan Bykov auditioned for the role of the trombonist.
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