The Diamond Arm (1968)
The Diamond Arm ( Brilliantovaya ruka) is a 1968 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.
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Cast:
- Anatoli Papanov, Lyolik, chief's assistant
- Igor Yasulovich, dog owner
- Leonid Gaidai, alcoholic (not credited)
- Nikolay Trofimov, Colonel of militsiya
- Nina Grebeshkova, Nadia, Gorbunkov's wife
- Nonna Mordyukova, Varvara Pliushch, building superintendent
- Oleksandr Khvylia, Boris Savelyevich, maitre d'
- Tatyana Nikulina, Istanbul tour guide