
Property of the Republic
Property of the Republic is a 1971 Soviet two-part adventure film directed by Vladimir Bychkov. Detective story takes place during the Civil War in Russia. The picture was the 44th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.
Plot
Spring 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of the former court fencing teacher Shilovsky and homeless boy Keshka, steals from abandoned mansion collection of paintings and sculptures. Hoping across the border, criminals roam the circus troupe, and they are being tailed by an employee of Criminal Investigation Makar Ovchinnikov.
More details
author | Avenir Zak Isay Kuznetsov |
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contentLocation | Soviet Union |
director | Vladimir Bychkov |
genre | adventure drama |
keywords | abandon across the border circus troupe criminal investigation fence paint spring |
musicBy | Yevgeny Krylatov |
producer | Mark Ruzhansky Yefim Lebedinsky |
productionCompany | Gorky Film Studio |
theme | war |