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The Diamond Arm (1969) | Ranked Top 6% · CriticCrunch

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The Diamond Arm

Movie1969·94 min

The Diamond Arm

Directed by Leonid Gaidai

Adventure Comedy Crime

A adventure comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 6%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.7/10

346 ratings

About The Diamond Arm

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.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Comedy-driven (9 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Light (9 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: corruption power, identity self discovery, late 20th century, espionage, international, urban, romantic partners, strangers forced together, everyman, femme fatale, con deception, undercover infiltration, organized crime

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Details

Director: Leonid Gaidai
Language: Russian

Cast

Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova, Nonna Mordyukova

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How The Diamond Arm Ranks

All movies

Top 6%

1960s movies

Top 10%

Adventure movies

Top 9%

1960s Adventure movies

Top 6%

★Leonid Gaidai films#2 of 6

Top 6% 1960s Adventure movies.

Second-best Leonid Gaidai film, behind Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession.

the vibe

The Diamond Arm Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followcomedy-drivenpersonallight

playful

cozy

What it's about

con deceptionundercover infiltrationcorruption poweridentity self discoveryeverymanfemme fataleromantic partnersstrangers forced togetherespionageorganized crimeinternationalurbanlate 20th century

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

comedy-driven 9/9comedy 9/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

light 9/9light 9/9

texture

playfulplayful