Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
{{Short description|1975 film directed by Grigori Kromanov}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
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| director = Grigori Kromanov
| producer =
| writer =
| starring = Vladimir Ivashov
| music = Arvo Pärt
| cinematography = Yuri Sillart
| editing = Virve Laev
| studio = Tallinnfilm
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| released = {{Film date|1975}}
| runtime = 151 minutes
| country = Estonia
| language = Russian
| budget =
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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat ({{langx|et|Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile}}) is a 1975 Soviet Estonian action film directed by Grigori Kromanov and based on the novel of the same name by Yulian Semyonov.{{cite web |title=Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile, I jagu (1975) - Eesti filmi andmebaas |url=https://www.efis.ee/et/filmiliigid/film/id/49 |website=efis.ee |access-date=4 May 2021}}
Plot
In 1921, Chekist Gleb Bokii receives an encrypted message from Tallinn that there is an organization in Russia that is engaged in the theft of jewels from Gokhran and illegally smuggling them through the Baltic states to London and Paris. The investigation of the case is entrusted to a young employee of the Cheka Vsevolod Vladimirov.
Cast
- Vladimir Ivashov as Isayev
- Alexander Kaidanovsky as Vorontsov
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Anna Viktorovna
- Tatyana Samoylova as Maria Olenetskaya
- Margarita Terekhova as Vera, Vorontsov's ex-wife
- Edita Piekha as Lida Bosse (voiced by Svetlana Svetlichnaya)
- Alexander Porokhovshchikov as Osip Shelehes
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Roman (Fyodor Shelehes)
- Lev Durov as Nikolay Pozhamchi
- Vladimir Osenev as Stopansky
- Mikk Mikiver as Arthur Neumann, chief of political intelligence in Estonia
- Algimantas Masiulis as Otto Nolmar
- Heino Mandri as Karl Yurla
- Leonhard Merzin as Auguste
- Ants Eskola as Heino Marchand
- Arvo Pärt as pianist in a restaurant
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0072740}}
- [https://www.efis.ee/et/filmiliigid/film/id/49 Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat], entry in Estonian Film Database (EFIS)
Category:Soviet-era Estonian films
Category:1970s Russian-language films
Category:Russian-language crime action films
Category:Films based on Russian novels
Category:Soviet crime action films
Category:Films directed by Grigori Kromanov
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