Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

1975 film directed by Grigori Kromanov

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Directed by| Grigori Kromanov
Starring| Vladimir Ivashov
Cinematography| Yuri Sillart
Edited by| Virve Laev
Music by| Arvo Pärt

Production
company

Tallinnfilm

Release date

* 1975 (1975)

Running time

| 151 minutes
Country| Estonia
Language| Russian

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Estonian: Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile) is a 1975 Soviet Estonian action film directed by Grigori Kromanov and based on the novel of the same name by Yulian Semyonov.[1]

## Plot

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In 1921, Chekist Gleb Bokii receives an encrypted message from Tallinn that there is an organization in Russia that is engaged in the theft of jewels from Gokhran and illegally smuggling them through the Baltic states to London and Paris. The investigation of the case is entrusted to a young employee of the Cheka Vsevolod Vladimirov.

## Cast

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* Vladimir Ivashov as Isayev
* Alexander Kaidanovsky as Vorontsov
* Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Anna Viktorovna
* Tatyana Samoylova as Maria Olenetskaya
* Margarita Terekhova as Vera, Vorontsov's ex-wife
* Edita Piekha as Lida Bosse (voiced by Svetlana Svetlichnaya)
* Alexander Porokhovshchikov as Osip Shelehes
* Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Roman (Fyodor Shelehes)
* Lev Durov as Nikolay Pozhamchi
* Vladimir Osenev as Stopansky
* Mikk Mikiver as Arthur Neumann, chief of political intelligence in Estonia
* Algimantas Masiulis as Otto Nolmar
* Heino Mandri as Karl Yurla
* Leonhard Merzin as Auguste
* Ants Eskola as Heino Marchand
* Arvo Pärt as pianist in a restaurant

## References

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1. ^ "Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile, I jagu (1975) - Eesti filmi andmebaas". efis.ee. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

## External links

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* Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat at IMDb
* Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, entry in Estonian Film Database (EFIS)

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