Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Directed by Grigori Kromanov
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Vladimir IvashovIsaev
Aleksandr KaydanovskiyVorontsov
Yekaterina VasilyevaAnna Viktorovna
Margarita Terekhova
Tatyana SamoylovaOlenetskaya
Edita PyekhaLida Bosse
Nikolai Volkov Jr.Nikandrov
Nikolai Volkov St.Vladimirov
Aleksandr PorokhovshchikovOsip Shelekhes
Armen DzhigarkhanyanRoman
Arkadii HashynskyiYakov Shelekhes
Sergey ZhirnovBokiiExplore the crew
- Director
- Grigori Kromanov
- Original Music Composer
- Arvo Pärt
- Director of Photography
- Jüri Sillart
- Writer
- Yulian Semyonov
- Editor
- Virve Laev