The Diamond Arm
(1969)
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The Diamond Arm
(1969)
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Yuriy Nikulin | ... | |
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Nina Grebeshkova | ... |
Nadezhda Gorbunkova
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Andrey Mironov | ... | |
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Anatoliy Papanov | ... | |
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Stanislav Chekan | ... | |
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Vladimir Gulyaev | ... |
Lieutenant Volodya
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Nonna Mordyukova | ... | |
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Svetlana Svetlichnaya | ... | |
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Roman Filippov | ... |
Man in the Restaurant
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Grigoriy Shpigel | ... |
Main Foreign Smuggler
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Leonid Kanevskiy | ... |
Assisstant Foreign Smuggler
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Igor Yasulovich | ... | |
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Maksim Nikulin | ... |
Boy, 'Walking on Water'
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Aleksandra Lisyutina | ... |
Gorbunkov's Daughter
(as Sashenka)
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Aleksandr Khvylya | ... |
Weeping Willow' Maitre dHotel
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Semyon Gorbunkov goes on a cruise. In Istanbul, he slips and breaks his arm. What he didn't know is that this was a signal for a gang of smugglers (a real smuggler - Gena - was also on board the same ship). So his arm gets bandaged with gold and diamonds. After he returns home, the gangsters are trying to get their stuff back, while the police try to catch them using Gorbunkov and his arm. Written by Boris Shafir <shafir@hsi.com>
Whether you consider "Brilliantovaya ruka" a Soviet version of "Get Smart" or something else, it's still a hilarious movie. Portraying a man on vacation in Istanbul getting confused for a spy, they pull just about every gag imaginable. The line "Our people don't ride in taxis" implies that only people in western countries do that (it was also a reference to the people employed as secret police in the Soviet Union). Probably the best scene is when the guy sings "A nam vsyo ravno", which in Russian means "Everything is equal to us"; that scene is comparable to the toga party in "Animal House".
Anyway, a really funny movie. They must have had fun filming it. The Jesus scene would no doubt incur the wrath of the Russian Orthodox Church nowadays.