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The Diamond Arm

A cinematographic novel in two parts from the life of smugglers

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

1h 34m1969TMDb 7.7

AdventureComedyCrime

Russian

Crew and Cast

Leonid GaidaiLeonid GaidaiDirectorYuriy NikulinYuriy NikulinSemyon Semyonovich GorbunkovNina GrebeshkovaNina GrebeshkovaNadezhda Ivanovna GorbunkovaNonna MordyukovaNonna MordyukovaVarvara PliushchSvetlana SvetlichnayaSvetlana SvetlichnayaAnna SergeyevnaAnatoliy PapanovAnatoliy PapanovLyolikAndrey MironovAndrey MironovGennadiy KozodoyevStanislav ChekanStanislav ChekanMikhail Ivanovich · captainVladimir GulyaevVladimir GulyaevVolodya · lieutenant of militsiyaYevgeniya MelnikovaYevgeniya Melnikovaold ladyAndrey FaytAndrey Faytsalesman of lottery ticketsNikolai RomanovNikolai RomanovchiefGrigoriy ShpigelGrigoriy Shpigelhead smuggler in TurkeyLeonid KanevskyLeonid Kanevskyhead smuggler's assistantViktoriya OstrovskayaViktoriya OstrovskayaprostituteSerafima KholinaSerafima Kholinafashion show hostTatyana NikulinaTatyana Nikulinaour guideRoman FilippovRoman Filippovvisitor from KolymaNikolay TrofimovNikolay Trofimovcolonel of militsiyaApollon YachnitskiyApollon Yachnitskiytour guide in IstanbulLev PolyakovLev Polyakovcaptain of the ship 'Mikhail Svetlov'German KachinGerman Kachinradio reporterIgor YasulovichIgor Yasulovichdog ownerAleksandr KhvyliaAleksandr KhvyliaBoris SavelyevichGeorgi SvetlaniGeorgi Svetlanimember of the house committeeAleksandr KozubskiyAleksandr Kozubskiywaiter in a restaurant
Valeriy Kupriyanovpolice sergeant
Ivan Vasilyenkosmuggler in glassesIvan ZhevagoIvan Zhevagocustoms officerViktor UralskyViktor Uralskypoliceman
Kurban Mazanovtraffic controller in Istanbul

Storyline

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

  • Mosfilm

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Info

Original title
Бриллиантовая рука
Status
Released
Released
28 April 1969
Runtime
1h 34m
TMDB score
7.7 / 10 (357 votes)

Production

Director
Leonid Gaidai
Writers
Moris Slobodskoy, Leonid Gaidai, Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Studios
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union

Box Office

Revenue
$2,258.0

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
Russian