Leonid GAIDAI
Леонид ГАЙДАЙ
Leonid GAIDAI
USSR, 1968, 100mn 
Colour, fiction
Brilliantovaya ruka
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Бриллиантовая рука

 

 The Diamond Arm

 Le Bras de diamant

 
Directed by : Leonid GAIDAI (Леонид ГАЙДАЙ)
Writing credits : Leonid GAIDAI (Леонид ГАЙДАЙ), Yakov KOSTYUKOVSKI (Яков КОСТЮКОВСКИЙ), Maurice SLOBODSKOY (Морис СЛОБОДСКОЙ)
 
Cast
Yuri NIKULIN (Юрий НИКУЛИН) ...Semyon Semyonovich
Andrey MIRONOV (Андрей МИРОНОВ) ...Graf
Anatoli PAPANOV (Анатолий ПАПАНОВ) ...Lyolik
Nina GREBESHKOVA (Нина ГРЕБЕШКОВА) ...Nadya, Semyon Semyonovich's wife
Nonna MORDYUKOVA (Нонна МОРДЮКОВА) ...Varvara Plyushch
Stanislav CHEKAN (Станислав ЧЕКАН)
Andrey FAIT (Андрей ФАЙТ)
Leonid GAIDAI (Леонид ГАЙДАЙ)
Leonid KANEVSKY (Леонид КАНЕВСКИЙ)
Aleksandr KHVYLIA (Александр ХВЫЛЯ)
Yevgeniya MELNIKOVA (Евгения МЕЛЬНИКОВА)
Grigori SHPIGEL (Григорий ШПИГЕЛЬ)
Svetlana SVETLICHNAYA (Светлана СВЕТЛИЧНАЯ)
Nikolay TROFIMOV (Николай ТРОФИМОВ)
Apollon YACHNITSKY (Аполлон ЯЧНИЦКИЙ)
 
Cinematography : Igor CHERNYKH (Игорь ЧЕРНЫХ)
Production design : Felix YASYUKEVICH (Феликс ЯСЮКЕВИЧ)
Music : Aleksandr ZATSEPIN (Александр ЗАЦЕПИН)
Companies : Mosfilm
Spectators : 76.7 millions of spectators
Release Date in Russia : 28/04/1969
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Image Entertainment. 2001.
Langues : RU EN FR AR
Sous-titres : RU EN FR DE NL ES IT PT JP HE CS ZH AR
Bonus :
- Interview de N. Grebechkova
- Youri Nikouline au cirque
- A. Mironov et A. Papanov au théâtre.
Editor : Ruscico

Plot synopsis
The plot of this eccentric comedy is based on a newspaper item, found by script co-writer Yakov Kostyukovsky, about the arrest on the Italian border of a criminal who had hidden “gold and diamonds” in the plaster cast. The movie became the absolute box-office leader of 1969. It was seen by 76.7 million viewers. The thrilling adventures of Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov, a modest economist, accompanied by a swindler named Count, have captivated several generations of moviegoers. The smugglers’ comic dialogues were picked up for citations and catchwords. Starring in the film were the brilliant actors Andrei Mironov, Anatoly Papanov, Yuri Nikulin and others.
Source : www.ruscico.com
 

commentaries
Бриллиантовая рука и Москва слезам не верит выйдут в повторный прокат [Les films Le Bras de diamant et Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes ressort sur les écrans de toute la Russie], rg.ru, 2024
Dix chansons iconiques issues des films soviétiques, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Dix grands films soviétiques sortis dans les années 1960, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Top-14 des comédies soviétiques intemporelles à regarder en ligne avec des sous-titres, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Quand les villes d'URSS représentaient l’Occident dans les films soviétiques, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2022
Sept comédies légendaires de Leonid Gaïdaï qui égayeront vos soirées, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2022
Le Bras de diamant, de Leonid Gaïdaï, Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
Le Top 5 des comédies soviétiques, Vostok Assas, 2018
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Best Soviet films according to Russia Beyond, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Soirées du cinéma russe de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 2017
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2017
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2017
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2016
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2014
- Les 90 ans des Studios Mosfilm à la Filmothèque du Quartier Latin, Paris (France), 2014
- Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2014
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2013
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2013
- Festival de cinéma russe au Centre Wallonie Bruxelles de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 2012
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2012
- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2012
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- "Go Russia". Focus on New Russian Cinema, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), 2009
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2006
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2006
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2005

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