The Diamond Arm

The Diamond Arm

1969 · 100 min · RU · 7.9 (247 votes)
Dir. Leonid Gaidai · Starring Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova, Nonna Mordyukova, Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Anatoliy Papanov, Andrey Mironov · Music Aleksandr Zatsepin

A cinematographic novel in 2 parts from the life of smugglers

AdventureComedyCrime

In the southern town, a gang of "currency traders" is operating, led by the Chief and his assistant Kozodoyev. A modest Soviet clerk and an exemplary family man Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov goes on a foreign cruise on a motor ship, on which Kozodoyev also sailed, who must pick up diamonds in one of the eastern cities and transport them in a plaster hand. But due to a misunderstanding, instead of a swindler, an unsuspecting Gorbunkov falls in the appointed place, and a precious plaster is imposed on him. That's where it all starts...

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A dizzying, dreamlike caper where mistaken identity spirals into utter chaos. Expect surreal humor, psychedelic visuals, and a propulsive, laugh-out-loud ride through a world of espionage gone wonderfully wrong.

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