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{{Short description|1975 film directed by Grigori Kromanov}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
| image          =
| caption        =
| director       = [[Grigori Kromanov]]
| producer       =
| writer         =
| starring       =  [[Vladimir Ivashov]]
| music          = [[Arvo Pärt]]
| cinematography = Yuri Sillart
| editing        = Virve Laev
| studio         = [[Tallinnfilm]]
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|1975}}
| runtime        = 151 minutes
| country        = Estonia
| language       = Russian
| budget         =
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'''''Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat''''' ({{langx|et|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]].<ref name="EFIS">{{cite web |title=Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile, I jagu (1975) - Eesti filmi andmebaas |url=https://www.efis.ee/et/filmiliigid/film/id/49 |website=efis.ee |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
==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 [[Stierlitz|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==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0072740}}
* [https://www.efis.ee/et/filmiliigid/film/id/49 Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat], entry in [[Estonian Film Database]] (EFIS)
[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Soviet-era Estonian films]]
[[Category:Stierlitz]]
[[Category:Films based on Russian novels]]
[[Category:Soviet spy films]]
[[Category:Soviet crime action films]]
[[Category:Films set in 1921]]
[[Category:Tallinnfilm films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Grigori Kromanov]]
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