The Property of Republic

The Property of Republic

131 mins | Crime, Action, Adventure | April 24, 1972

Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid Keshka, is stealing a collection of paintings and sculptures from the abandoned estate owners. Hoping to transport her abroad, criminals wander with a circus troupe, and in their wake goes a tireless criminal investigator — Makar Ovchinnikov.

The Property of Republic

131 mins | Crime, Action, Adventure | April 24, 1972

The Property of Republic
Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid Keshka, is stealing a collection of paintings and sculptures from the abandoned estate owners. Hoping to transport her abroad, criminals wander with a circus troupe, and in their wake goes a tireless criminal investigator — Makar Ovchinnikov.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Достояние республики
Directors Vladimir Bychkov
Writers Avenir Zak, Isai Kuznetsov

Cast

Oleg Tabakov

as Makar Ovchinnikov

Andrey Mironov

as Shilovskiy ("Marquess")

Spartak Mishulin

as Tarakanov

Yuriy Tolubeev

as Dobrovo

Viktor Galkin

as Innokentiy

Igor Kvasha

as Lagutin

Olga Zhiznyeva

as countess Tikhvinskaya

Lyudmila Krylova

as Nyura

Mikhail Yekaterininskiy

as museum director

Sergei Plotnikov

as Petrov's sailor

Nikolai Sergeyev

as iconographer

Galina Bulkina

as chekist woman

Vasiliy Bychkov

as "Bulochka"

Inga Budkevich

as chekist woman

Mikhail Volkov

as buyer of the collection

Vladimir Grammatikov

as magician

Vera Golovina

as guide

Stanislav Zhitaryov

as chekist

Galina Inyutina

as Dobrovo's wife

Viktor Kolpakov

as Mitrich

Lidiya Korolyova

as laundress

Anna Lisyanskaya

as lady who bought the watch

Pyotr Merkuryev

as film director's assistant

Georgi Millyar

as an elderly railway worker

Yuriy Potyomkin

as circus strongman

Nikolai Romanov

as arms seller

Arkadi Trusov

as old sailor

Semyon Safonov

as janitor

Rogvold Sukhoverko

as Kochin

Danuta Stolyarskaya

as actress

Georgiy Shtil

as thief

Arkadi Tolbuzin

as film director

Andrei Yurenev

as Strunnikov

Boris Yurchenko

as father Nikolai