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78% Critic Match
The Diamond Arm
“A cinematographic novel in two parts from the life of smugglers”
7.8 / 10• 1969• 1h 34m•NR• Russian
AdventureComedyCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Yuriy Nikulin
Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leonid Gaidai's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Diamond Arm is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
