AdventureComedyCrime
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.
Directed by Leonid Gaidai, Arkadiy Ashkinazi
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User score
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Status
Released
Released
April 28, 1969
Runtime
1h 34m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Yuriy Nikulin
Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
Nina Grebeshkova
Nadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova
Nonna Mordyukova
Varvara Pliushch
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Anna Sergeyevna
Anatoliy Papanov
Lyolik
Andrey Mironov
Gennadiy Kozodoyev
Stanislav Chekan
Mikhail Ivanovich, captain
Vladimir Gulyaev
Volodya, lieutenant of militsiya
Yevgeniya Melnikova
old lady
Andrey Fayt
salesman of lottery tickets
Nikolai Romanov
chief
Grigoriy Shpigel
head smuggler in Turkey
Leonid Kanevsky
head smuggler's assistant
Viktoriya Ostrovskaya
prostitute
Serafima Kholina
fashion show host
Tatyana Nikulina
our guide
Roman Filippov
visitor from Kolyma
Nikolay Trofimov
colonel of militsiya
Apollon Yachnitskiy
tour guide in Istanbul
Lev Polyakov
captain of the ship 'Mikhail Svetlov'
