Property of the Republic (1972)

Original title

Достояние республики

Directed by

Vladimir Bychkov

Genre

action film, adventure film, crime film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 18m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1918 Russia, a manager steals a valuable art collection from an abandoned mansion. He teams up with a fencing teacher and a homeless boy as they flee with a circus. A criminal investigator pursues them across the countryside.

adventuroussuspensefulnostalgicgrittylightheartedfast-pacedquirkyhistoric

What happens

Property of the Republic (Russian: Достоя́ние респу́блики, romanized: Dostoyanie respubliki) is a 1971 Soviet two-part adventure film directed by Vladimir Bychkov. The detective story takes place during the Civil War in Russia. The picture was the 44th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union. Spring 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of the former court fencing teacher Shilovsky and homeless boy Keshka, steals from abandoned mansion collection of paintings and sculptures. Hopping across the border, criminals roam the circus troupe, and they are being tailed by an employee of Criminal Investigation, Makar Ovchinnikov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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