Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

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.

Plot

1921. Chekist Gleb Bokii received 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

• 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

External links

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