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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1975)

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat poster
Original title
Бриллианты для диктатуры пролетариата
Directed by
Grigori Kromanov
Genre
crime film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 23m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1921, a Soviet agent tries to recover stolen diamonds during the Russian Civil War. He follows clues through Europe to find the missing treasure and stop it from funding counter-revolutionaries.

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What happens

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Estonian: Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile) is a 1975 Soviet crime action film directed by Grigori Kromanov and based on the novel of the same name by Yulian Semyonov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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