The Cutlass (1954)

Кортик

Dagger will reveal its secret to those who deserve it...

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.

Date of release

1954-11-22

TMDB

4.4 / 10 (5)

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Mystery, Family, Adventure

Director

Mikhail Shveitser, Vladimir Vengerov

Casting

• Arkadi Tolbuzin — Commissar Polevoy
• Bruno Frejndlikh — Nikitskiy
• Vladimir Shakhmametiev — Misha Polyakov
• Boris Arakelov — Genka
• Nina Krachkovskaya — Valya Ivanova
• German Khovanov — Sviridov
• Natalya Rashevskaya — Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva
• Konstantin Adashevsky — Philatelist
• Sergei Filippov — Filin
• Igor Kasparov — Slava
• Valeri Sebekin — Vovka Baranov
• Viktor Brits — Misha Korovin

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