The Diamond Arm

1968 film by Leonid Gaidai

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"The Diamond Arm" is a 1968 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai that has become a beloved classic of Russian cinema. The film is significant for its influence on Soviet popular culture and is widely considered one of Gaidai's most successful works.

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7.8

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.

Released: 1969-04-280 minDir: Leonid GaidaiAdventure, Comedy, Crime

Cast

Yuriy Nikulin as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
Nina Grebeshkova as Nadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova
Nonna Mordyukova as Varvara Pliushch
Svetlana Svetlichnaya as Anna Sergeyevna
Anatoliy Papanov as Lyolik
Andrey Mironov as Gennadiy Kozodoyev

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IMDb

8.3/10

16,674 votes

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The Diamond Arm (Russian: Бриллиантовая рука Brilliantovaya ruka) is a Soviet crime comedy film made by Mosfilm and first released in 1969. The film was directed by 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 all time. It was also one of the all-time leaders at the Soviet box office with over 76,700,000 cinema 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.