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1969·Adventure·1h 34m
7.2
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
husband wife relationship
smuggling (contraband)
undercover agent
espionage
seduction
police station
broken arm
dream sequence
arm injury
hilarious
comforting

Cast

Yuriy Nikulin
Yuriy Nikulin
Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
Nina Grebeshkova
Nina Grebeshkova
Nadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova
Nonna Mordyukova
Nonna Mordyukova
Varvara Pliushch
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Anna Sergeyevna
Anatoliy Papanov
Anatoliy Papanov
Lyolik
Andrey Mironov
Andrey Mironov
Gennadiy Kozodoyev
Stanislav Chekan
Stanislav Chekan
Mikhail Ivanovich, captain
Vladimir Gulyaev
Vladimir Gulyaev
Volodya, lieutenant of militsiya
Yevgeniya Melnikova
Yevgeniya Melnikova
old lady
Andrey Fayt
Andrey Fayt
salesman of lottery tickets
Nikolai Romanov
Nikolai Romanov
chief
Grigoriy Shpigel
Grigoriy Shpigel
head smuggler in Turkey

Crew

Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Gaidai
Director
Moris Slobodskoy
Moris Slobodskoy
Writer
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Gaidai
Writer
Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Yakov Kostyukovskiy
Writer
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Original Music Composer
Igor Chernykh
Igor Chernykh
Director of Photography
Feliks Yasyukevich
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Emin Khachaturyan
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Raisa Lukina
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Leonid Derbenyov
Leonid Derbenyov
Lyricist
Aida Vedishcheva
Aida Vedishcheva
Songs
Andrey Mironov
Andrey Mironov
Songs

Popular Reviews

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Narmin
Narmin
The Diamond Arm
I’m not a big comedy fan, but I genuinely enjoyed this film. The characters are exaggerated, but they still feel genuinely human which is surprisingly rare in today’s cinema. No screaming, no forced punchlines, no moral lessons disguised as jokes. It doesn’t demand analysis or irony to be enjoyed. You watch it, you laugh, and you move on.
I’m not a big comedy fan, but I genuinely enjoyed this film. The characters are exaggerated, but they still feel genuinely human which is surprisingly rare in today’s cinema. No screaming, no forced punchlines, no moral lessons disguised as jokes. It doesn’t demand analysis or irony to be enjoyed. You watch it, you laugh, and you move on.
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qwexxr
qwexxr
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мило и дебильненько
мило и дебильненько
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violaiess
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Kanan Yusifli
Kanan Yusifli
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What a great script. true Soviet comedy and seeing old Baku makes me emotional.
What a great script. true Soviet comedy and seeing old Baku makes me emotional.
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