The Garage (1979) DVDRip

The Garage (1979)
Garazh (original title)
101 min - Comedy | Drama | Thriller - 26 August 1988 (East Germany)
Ratings: 7.9/10 from 1,042 users

The members of a Soviet cooperative have pooled their money to have a badly needed parking garage built. But it turns out that the garage will have four fewer spaces than planned. In brutal Soviet style, the four least-well connected members are evicted from the cooperative in a mock vote, losing their entire investment. But one member, Malayeva, does the unthinkable. As if taking on the entire corrupt Soviet system, she quixotically locks down the meeting room and throws away the key. Chaos reigns through the night until the privileged are forced to negotiate for the first time in their lives. A madcap, rollicking, biting satire that Brezhnev banned.

Director: Eldar Ryazanov
Writers: Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov

Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Liya Akhedzhakova ...
Malayeva
Iya Savvina ...
Anikeyeva
Svetlana Nemolyaeva ...
Guskov's Wife
Valentin Gaft ...
Sidorin
Georgiy Burkov ...
Vitaly Fetisov
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy ...
Karpukhin
Andrey Myagkov ...
Khvostov
Leonid Markov ...
Smirnovsky
Igor Kostolevskiy ...
Miloserdov's Son
Olga Ostroumova ...
Marina
Anastasia Voznesenskaya ...
Kushakova
Gleb Strizhenov ...
Yakubov
Borislav Brondukov ...
The Groom
Semyon Farada ...
Trombon player
Natalya Gurzo ...
Natasha

Quotes

[Sidorin offers to expell Anikeeva]
Anikeeva: What? You're betraying me?
Sidorin: Betraying on time is not betraying. It's foreseeing.
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Professor: I demand for my protest to be written down into the protocol!
Chairman Sidorin: We'll remember your protest, Professor, but we can't write itdown, for the protocol was eaten.
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Marina: I beg you, don't tell me your name. You will forever remain for me the son of Miloserdov.
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Market Director: If a woman with looks like that is fighting for justice, it's a safe bet she's single.
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Anikeeva: Let the minutes reflect the sale of our Motherland.