Brilliantovaya ruka (1968)

Director:

Leonid Gaidai

Writers:

Leonid Gaidai (writer)
Yakov Kostyukovsky (writer)

Release Date:

November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Thriller

Plot:

Semyon Gorbunkov goes on a cruise. In Istanbul, he slips and breaks his arm. What he didn't know is...

Plot Keywords:

Crime Comedy | Mistaken Identity | Drunk Scene | Drinking | Seduction

Cast

Yuri Nikulin	...	Semyon Semyonych Gorbunkov / Senya
Nina Grebeshkova	...	Nadezhda Gorbunkova
Andrei Mironov	...	Gennady Kozodoev
Anatoli Papanov	...	Lyolik
Stanislav Chekan	...	Captain Mikhail Ivanovich
Vladimir Gulyayev	...	Lieutenant Volodya
Nonna Mordyukova	...	Superintendent
Svetlana Svetlichnaya	...	Anna Sergeyevna
Roman Filippov	...	Man in the Restaurant
Grigori Shpigel	...	Main Foreign Smuggler
Leonid Kanevsky	...	Assisstant Foreign Smuggler
Igor Yasulovich	...	Dog Owner
Maksim Nikulin	...	Boy, 'Walking on Water'
Aleksandra Lisyutina	...	Gorbunkov's Daughter (as Sashenka)
Aleksandr Khvylya	...	Weeping Willow' Maitre dHotel

Also Known As:

Бриллиантовая рука (Soviet Union: Russian title)
The Diamond Arm (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:S

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

The scenes in the "Eastern city" were to be shot in Turkey. However, the director Leonid Gaidai decided to shoot this part of the film in Baku (Azerbaijan, USSR) due to limited financial resources.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During Kozodoev's dream sequence of the arm cast flying around a dark room, the upper body of a person wearing the cast, dressed in black, is visible

Quotes:

Lyolik: Watch for the signal. As soon as he fells asleep, she'll turn the lights off.
Gennady: What if he leaves now?
Lyolik: Gesha, would you leave such a woman?
Gennady: Not me, but he is a faithful husband.
Lyolik: As our Boss says, there is no such a husband out there who wouldn't dream of being a bachelor again for at least an hour.
[Laughs hysterically]
Lyolik: Watch for the signal!

Movie Connections:

Features Zigzag udachi (1968)

Soundtrack:

Pesnya o zaytsakh

One of the best Russian comedies

I watched this movie as a small boy. I liked it. Then I watched it again, as a bigger boy. I liked it again :) Then I found it nowadays on video... was tempted to watch it again... and liked it again :-)

This is classics! It's good! It's... yes, it's way too Russian......but because I know Russian language, and Russian culture a bit, too, I could understand almost all of the movie's plot, and jokes, and sometimes (too Russian?;) humour.

The movie is real good. It has good plot, good acting, it's directed good, it has good music... I've given it 9/10 stars. It's worth watching! But... beware - maybe you wouldn't understand it. Because it's way too Russian? Maybe. Well, you can try, at least...

I really enjoyed it:)

One word-summary: recommend! ...for whoever want to try it:)