Property of the Republic

1971 Soviet Union film

Property of the Republic

Directed by| Vladimir Bychkov
Written by| Isai Kuznetsov
Avenir Zac
Produced by| Mark Ruzhansky
Yefim Lebedinsky
Starring| Oleg Tabakov
Andrei Mironov
Vitya Galkin
Cinematography| Alexander Filatov
Yuri Malinovsky
Benzion Monastyrskiy
Music by| Yevgeny Krylatov

Production
company

Gorky Film Studio[2]

Release date

* 1971 (1971)

[1]

Running time

| 138 min
Country| Soviet Union
Language| Russian
Box office| 47,1 tickets sold

Property of the Republic (Russian: Достоя́ние респу́блики, romanized: Dostoyanie respubliki) is a 1971 Soviet two-part adventure film directed by Vladimir Bychkov. The detective story takes place during the Civil War in Russia. The picture was the 44th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.[3]

## Plot

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Spring 1918.[4] Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of the former court fencing teacher Shilovsky and homeless boy Keshka, steals from abandoned mansion collection of paintings and sculptures. Hopping across the border, criminals roam the circus troupe, and they are being tailed by an employee of Criminal Investigation, Makar Ovchinnikov.

## Cast

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* Oleg Tabakov as Makar Ovchinnikov
* Andrei Mironov as Shilovsky aka Marquis
* Vitya Galkin as homeless Keshka[5]
* Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Carl Genrikhovich Vitol
* Spartak Mishulin as Ilya Tarakanov
* Mikhail Ekaterininskiy as Director of the Museum
* Olga Zhiznyeva as Duchess Tikhvinskaya[6]
* Yuri Tolubeyev as criminologist Prokofy Filippovich Dobrovo
* Igor Kvasha as Ataman Lagutin
* Vladimir Grammatikov as magician
* Rogvold Sukhoverko as Commissioner Kochet
* Georgy Millyar as old railroad
* Arkady Tolbuzin as director
* Elmira Zherzdeva as singer

## Release

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Vladimir Bychkov's film watched 47.1 million viewers, which is 67 results in the history of Soviet film distribution.[7]

## References

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1. ^ The Property of Republic
2. ^ Советское кино // leningrad.me
3. ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
4. ^ Достояние республики on KinoPoisk
5. ^ Дети в кино  (in Russian)
6. ^ Ольга Жизнева — аристократка из советского кино)
7. ^ СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы

## External links

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* Property of the Republic at IMDb

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