The Diamond Arm (1969)

Original title

Бриллиантовая рука

Directed by

Leonid Gaidai

Genre

comedy film, screwball comedy film, adventure film, parody film, slapstick, musical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

+13

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 335 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ordinary Soviet man goes on a cruise and winds up with a cast on his arm that contains smuggled diamonds. He gets chased by bumbling criminals who want the jewels back.

funnywhimsicallightheartedfast-pacedslapstickplayfulabsurdsatirical

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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