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Feature film — 1954

The Cutlass (1954)

4.41h 23mMystery — 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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Director: Mikhail Shveitser

On screen

Cast & crew

Arkadi Tolbuzin as Commissar Polevoy

Arkadi Tolbuzin

Commissar Polevoy

Bruno Frejndlikh as Nikitskiy

Bruno Frejndlikh

Nikitskiy

V

Vladimir Shakhmametiev

Misha Polyakov

Boris Arakelov as Genka

Boris Arakelov

Genka

Nina Krachkovskaya as Valya Ivanova

Nina Krachkovskaya

Valya Ivanova

G

German Khovanov

Sviridov

Natalya Rashevskaya as Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva

Natalya Rashevskaya

Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva

Konstantin Adashevsky as Philatelist

Konstantin Adashevsky

Philatelist

Sergei Filippov as Filin

Sergei Filippov

Filin

I

Igor Kasparov

Slava

V

Valeri Sebekin

Vovka Baranov

V

Viktor Brits

Misha Korovin

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