The Diamond Arm

"A cinematographic novel in two parts from the life of smugglers"

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

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Yuriy Nikulin

Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov

Nina Grebeshkova

Nadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova

Nonna Mordyukova

Varvara Pliushch

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Anna Sergeyevna

Anatoliy Papanov

Lyolik

Andrey Mironov

Gennadiy Kozodoyev

Stanislav Chekan

Mikhail Ivanovich, captain

Vladimir Gulyaev

Volodya, lieutenant of militsiya

Yevgeniya Melnikova

old lady

Andrey Fayt

salesman of lottery tickets

Nikolai Romanov

chief

Grigoriy Shpigel

head smuggler in Turkey

Leonid Kanevsky

head smuggler's assistant

Viktoriya Ostrovskaya

prostitute

Serafima Kholina

fashion show host

Tatyana Nikulina

our guide

Roman Filippov

visitor from Kolyma

Nikolay Trofimov

colonel of militsiya

Apollon Yachnitskiy

tour guide in Istanbul

Lev Polyakov

captain of the ship 'Mikhail Svetlov'

German Kachin

radio reporter

Igor Yasulovich

dog owner

Aleksandr Khvylia

Boris Savelyevich

Georgi Svetlani

member of the house committee

Aleksandr Kozubskiy

waiter in a restaurant

Valeriy Kupriyanov

police sergeant

Ivan Vasilyenko

smuggler in glasses

Ivan Zhevago

customs officer

Viktor Uralsky

policeman

Kurban Mazanov

traffic controller in Istanbul

Aleksandra Lisyutina

Gorbunkov's daughter

Dmitri Nikolayev

Gorbunkov's son

Vladimir Brand

(uncredited)

Vyacheslav Kovtun

(uncredited)

Ermengeld Konovalov

(uncredited)

Rafael Kotanjyan

(uncredited)

Pyotr Krylov

(uncredited)

Susanna Nazarenko

(uncredited)

Maksim Nikulin

(uncredited)

Pyotr Omelchenko

(uncredited)

Leonid Pleshakov

(uncredited)

Nikolay Pogodin

(uncredited)

Lydia Prikhodko

(uncredited)

Anna Timiryova

(uncredited)

Ali Khalilov

(uncredited)

Ekaterina Kharkevich

(uncredited)

Feliks Yasyukevich

(uncredited)

Leonid Gaidai

drunkard (uncredited)

Zoya Tolbuzina

Anna Sergeyevna (voice) (uncredited)

Konstantin Tyrtov

chief (voice) (uncredited)

Klara Rumyanova

Gorbunkov's daughter (voice) (uncredited)

Georgiy Vitsin

drunkard (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Leonid Gaidai

Director

Yakov Kostyukovskiy

Writer

Moris Slobodskoy

Writer

Leonid Gaidai

Writer

Feliks Yasyukevich

Production Design

Aleksandr Zatsepin

Original Music Composer

Igor Chernykh

Director of Photography

Konstantin Savitsky

Costume Design

Valentina Yankovskaya

Editor

Emin Khachaturyan

Conductor

Anatolij Golowanow

First Assistant Director

Marina Koldobskaya

First Assistant Director

Aleksandr Brodskiy

Assistant Director

Yuri Yepishin

Assistant Camera

Vladimir Lvov

Assistant Camera

A. Kasymov

First Assistant Director Trainee

Vsevolod Yakubovich

VFX Director of Photography

Anatoliy Stepanov

Script Editor

Raisa Lukina

Music Editor

Arkadiy Ashkinazi

Executive Producer

Mariya Chiglyakova

Makeup & Hair

Evgeniya Indlina

Sound Director

Leonid Derbenyov

Lyricist

Aleksandr Makarov

Set Designer

E. Galkovskaya

Assistant Director

Nikolay Zvonaryov

VFX Supervisor

T. Grishin

Camera Operator

Aida Vedishcheva

Songs

Andrey Mironov

Songs

Yuriy Nikulin

Songs