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The Cutlass
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The Cutlass

1954-11-22 · 83 min · ★ 4.4

Mystery · Family · Adventure

The teenager Misha Polyakov, being with his mother in a Ukrainian village on vacation with his grandmother and about to return home to Petrograd, offers his best friend Genka to go with him. Suddenly, a white gang of Nikitsky bursts into the village and attacks Misha’s house, where Commissioner Polevoy lives. The purpose of Nikitskiy (aka Nikolskiy) is a dagger located at Polevoy. Saving the commissioner, Misha learns from him the history and secret of the weapon, and receives it for storage with a request to solve the secret. Having returned with adventures to Petrograd, Misha Polyakov with friends begins to unravel the riddle of the dagger, in the handle of which is encrypted text.

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Directors
Mikhail Shveitser, Vladimir Vengerov
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Arkadi TolbuzinArkadi TolbuzinCommissar Polevoy
Bruno FrejndlikhBruno FrejndlikhNikitskiy
Vladimir ShakhmametievMisha Polyakov
Boris ArakelovBoris ArakelovGenka
Nina KrachkovskayaNina KrachkovskayaValya Ivanova
German KhovanovSviridov
Natalya RashevskayaNatalya RashevskayaMariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva
Konstantin AdashevskyKonstantin AdashevskyPhilatelist
Sergei FilippovSergei FilippovFilin
Igor KasparovSlava
Valeri SebekinVovka Baranov
Viktor BritsMisha Korovin
Boris IgnatyevBorka
Aleksandr SusninAleksandr SusninStyopa
Vadim MedvedevVadim MedvedevVladimir Vladimirovich Terentyev
Yekaterina SobolYekaterina Sobolбабушка Бяшки

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