The Diamond Arm
An unsuspecting Soviet clerk must outwit a ruthless smuggling ring and recover a cache of hidden diamonds before they silence him for good.
“A cinematographic novel in two parts from the life of smugglers”
Synopsis
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.
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A crew of 58+ credited
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Edited by Valentina YankovskayaShot by Igor ChernykhScored by Aleksandr ZatsepinDesigned by Feliks Yasyukevich
Box Office
1969 · Box office
Grossed $2K worldwide
Worldwide gross
$2K
Also known as
- Der Brillantenarmde
- The Diamond Armen
- El Brazo de Brillanteses
- Le Bras de diamantfr
- Crociera di lusso per un mattoit
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Cast & Crew
58 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Yuriy Nikulin
as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
Nina Grebeshkova
as Nadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova
Nonna Mordyukova
as Varvara Pliushch
Andrey Mironov
as Gennadiy 'Gesha' Kozodoev
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
as Anna Sergeyevna
Anatoliy Papanov
as Lyolik
Stanislav Chekan
as Captain Mikhail Ivanovich
Vladimir Gulyaev
as Lieutenant Volodya
Yevgeniya Melnikova
as old lady
Roman Filippov
as Evgeniy Ladyzhenskiy - Guest from Kolyma
Andrey Fayt
as salesman of lottery tickets
Grigoriy Shpigel
as Senior Foreign Smuggler
Supporting cast
40Nikolai Romanov
as chief
Leonid Kanevsky
as head smuggler's assistant
Viktoriya Ostrovskaya
as prostitute
Serafima Kholina
as fashion show host
Tatyana Nikulina
as our guide
Nikolay Trofimov
as colonel of militsiya
Apollon Yachnitskiy
as tour guide in Istanbul
Lev Polyakov
as captain of the ship 'Mikhail Svetlov'
German Kachin
as radio reporter
Igor Yasulovich
as dog owner
Aleksandr Khvylia
as Boris Savelyevich
Georgi Svetlani
as member of the house committee
Aleksandr Kozubskiy
as waiter in a restaurant
Valeriy Kupriyanov
as police sergeant
Ivan Vasilyenko
as smuggler in glasses
Ivan Zhevago
as customs officer
Viktor Uralsky
as policeman
Kurban Mazanov
as traffic controller in Istanbul
Aleksandra Lisyutina
as Gorbunkov's daughter
Dmitri Nikolayev
as Gorbunkov's son
Vladimir Brand
as (uncredited)
Vyacheslav Kovtun
as (uncredited)
Ermengeld Konovalov
as (uncredited)
Rafael Kotanjyan
as (uncredited)
Pyotr Krylov
as (uncredited)
Susanna Nazarenko
as (uncredited)
Maksim Nikulin
as (uncredited)
Pyotr Omelchenko
as (uncredited)
Leonid Pleshakov
as (uncredited)
Nikolay Pogodin
as (uncredited)
Lydia Prikhodko
as (uncredited)
Anna Timiryova
as (uncredited)
Ali Khalilov
as (uncredited)
Ekaterina Kharkevich
as (uncredited)
Feliks Yasyukevich
as (uncredited)
Leonid Gaidai
as drunkard (uncredited)
Zoya Tolbuzina
as Anna Sergeyevna (voice) (uncredited)
Konstantin Tyrtov
as chief (voice) (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
as Gorbunkov's daughter (voice) (uncredited)
Georgiy Vitsin
as drunkard (voice) (uncredited)
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