
Topkapi(1964)
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.


“A cinematographic novel in two parts from the life of smugglers”
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.

Yuriy Nikulin
Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov

Nina Grebeshkova
Nadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova

Nonna Mordyukova
Varvara Pliushch

Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Anna Sergeyevna

Anatoliy Papanov
Lyolik

Andrey Mironov
Gennadiy Kozodoyev

Stanislav Chekan
Mikhail Ivanovich, captain

Vladimir Gulyaev
Volodya, lieutenant of militsiya

Yevgeniya Melnikova
old lady

Andrey Fayt
salesman of lottery tickets
The Diamond Arm is a adventure, comedy, crime film released in 1969 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, smuggling (contraband), undercover agent, espionage, seduction, police station. Directed by Leonid Gaidai, it stars Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova, Nonna Mordyukova. 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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