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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

19763.82h 23m

Overview

In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.

Directed by Grigori Kromanov
Written by Yulian Semyonov
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Top Cast

Vladimir Ivashov

Vladimir Ivashov

Isaev

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Vorontsov

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Anna Viktorovna

Margarita Terekhova

Margarita Terekhova

Vera

Tatyana Samoylova

Tatyana Samoylova

Olenetskaya

Edita Pyekha

Edita Pyekha

Lida Bosse

Nikolai Volkov Ml.

Nikolai Volkov Ml.

Nikandrov

Nikolai Volkov St.

Nikolai Volkov St.

Vladimirov

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Osip Shelekhes

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Roman

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is a crime, action, drama, mystery film released in 1976 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Grigori Kromanov, it stars Vladimir Ivashov, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Yekaterina Vasilyeva. In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.

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