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Soviet super-spy meets exiled writer in a Baltic jewel heist—Marx meets Hitchcock.
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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976)

retro thrillerslow-burn intriguestate propaganda chic

Overview

ActionDramaMysteryCrime

In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.

Flag of SUSURussian
Content warning
based on novel or book

Standout Aspects

Production

Estonia standing in for 1920s Tallinn—geography as political fantasy.

Acting

Kaydanovskiy's Vorontsov: slippery menace in a cheap suit.

Best for:Solo: Late night with vodka, patience, and affection for Soviet cinema nerdery.·Rewatch: Second viewing catches the double-crosses you definitely missed.
Grigori Kromanov

Director

Grigori Kromanov

ReleasedJun 21, 1976
Runtime2h 23m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Tallinnfilm

Top Cast

Vladimir Ivashov

Vladimir Ivashov

Isaev

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Vorontsov

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Anna Viktorovna

Margarita Terekhova

Margarita Terekhova

Vera

Tatyana Samoylova

Tatyana Samoylova

Olenetskaya

Edita Pyekha

Edita Pyekha

Lida Bosse

Nikolai Volkov Ml.

Nikolai Volkov Ml.

Nikandrov

Nikolai Volkov St.

Nikolai Volkov St.

Vladimirov

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Osip Shelekhes

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Roman

Arkadii Hashynskyi

Arkadii Hashynskyi

Yakov Shelekhes

Sergey Zhirnov

Sergey Zhirnov

Bokii

Lev Durov

Lev Durov

Pozhamchi

Mikk Mikiver

Mikk Mikiver

Neumann

Vladimir Osenev

Vladimir Osenev

Stopansky

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Edita Pyekha, playing cabaret singer Lida Bosse, was a genuine Soviet pop superstar—think casting Beyoncé as a torch singer in your state-funded thriller.

Cultural

Based on Julian Semyonov's novel, this spawned the legendary Soviet TV series 'Seventeen Moments of Spring'—Maksim Isayev became the USSR's James Bond, minus the cocktails and capitalism.

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