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.
Production
Estonia standing in for 1920s Tallinn—geography as political fantasy.
Acting
Kaydanovskiy's Vorontsov: slippery menace in a cheap suit.

Director
Grigori Kromanov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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.
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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