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The Diamond Arm (Russian: Бриллиантовая рука Brilliantovaya ruka) is a 1969 Soviet comedy film filmed by Mosfilm and first released in 1969. The film was directed by director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Svetlichnaya. The Diamond Arm has become a Russian cult film and is considered by many Russian contemporaries to be one of the finest comedies of its time. It was also one of the all-time leaders at the Soviet box office with over 76,700,000 theatre admissions in the Soviet era. The plot of the film was based on a real-life news item about Swiss smugglers who tried to transport jewels in an orthopedic cast.
Original Release
02/02/1968
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yuriy Nikulin | Senya / Semyon Semyonych Gorbunkov / Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov |
Nina Grebeshkova | Nadezhda Gorbunkova / Nadezhda Ivanovna |
Andrey Mironov | Gennady Kozodoev / Kozodoyev |
Anatoliy Papanov | Lyolik |
Stanislav Chekan | Captain Mikhail Ivanovich / Mikhail Ivanovich |
Vladimir Gulyaev | Lieutenant Volodya / Volodya |
Nonna Mordyukova | Superintendent / Varvara Sergeyevna Plyushch |
Svetlana Svetlichnaya | Anna Sergeyevna |
Roman Filippov | Man in the Restaurant / Ladyzhinskiy |
Grigoriy Shpigel | Main Foreign Smuggler / smuggler in Istanbul |
Directors
Writers
Leonid Gaidai, Moris Slobodskoy, Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yuriy Nikulin | Senya / Semyon Semyonych Gorbunkov / Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov |
Nina Grebeshkova | Nadezhda Gorbunkova / Nadezhda Ivanovna |
Andrey Mironov | Gennady Kozodoev / Kozodoyev |
Anatoliy Papanov | Lyolik |
Stanislav Chekan | Captain Mikhail Ivanovich / Mikhail Ivanovich |
Vladimir Gulyaev | Lieutenant Volodya / Volodya |
Nonna Mordyukova | Superintendent / Varvara Sergeyevna Plyushch |
Svetlana Svetlichnaya | Anna Sergeyevna |
Roman Filippov | Man in the Restaurant / Ladyzhinskiy |
Grigoriy Shpigel | Main Foreign Smuggler / smuggler in Istanbul |
Leonid Kanevskiy | Assisstant Foreign Smuggler / smuggler in Istanbul |
Aleksandra Lisyutina | Gorbunkov's Daughter |
Aleksandr Khvylya | Weeping Willow' Maitre dHotel / headwaiter |
Nikolay Romanov | Chief |
Andrey Fayt | Lottery-tickets Seller / lottery ticket seller |
German Kachin | journalist in the port |
Serafima Kholina | Veduschaya pokaza mod / fashion show host |
Yevgeniya Melnikova | Old woman / Marya Nikolayevna |
Maksim Nikulin | Boy, 'Walking on Water' |
Tatyana Nikulina | Guide / Istanbul guide |