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November 1998 (USA) morePlot:
Semyon Gorbunkov goes on a cruise. In Istanbul, he slips and breaks his arm. What he didn't know is... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Bright and honest snapshot of the socialist society. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Бриллиантовая рука (Soviet Union: Russian title)The Diamond Arm (USA) (video box title)
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100 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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The well-known quote of the film, "I won't be surprised if we are to find out your husband is secretly seeing a mistress," was originally, "I won't be surprised if we are to find out your husband is secretly going to synagogue." However, the Communist Party Committee of Ideology banned the phrase, because they felt it was "too anti-Semitic for the USSR". The phrase was re-dubbed, however, the original meaning can be easily spotted by looking at actors lips. moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: The first part of the film takes place in what is supposed to be Turkey. But the streets are filled with signs in Arabic script, which Turkish does not use. moreSoundtrack:
Pesnya o zaytsakh moreFAQ
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It is a crime film with no cruelty, that presents a bright and very honest snapshot of the everyday life of an average soviet citizen and of his morale. The invasion of the capitalist valuables into the socialist society produces very funny situation. The film is not ideologically inclined: You feel sympathy towards both victims, criminals and police. You laugh both at human greediness, vices of the bureaucracy and the naivety of average Russians of that time. The film itself has influated the Russian language. Many of witty phrases from this film have already become proverbs.