The Diamond Arm
The Diamond Arm Russian Brilliantovaya ruka is a 1969 Soviet comedy film filmed by Mosfilm and first released in 1969. The film was directed by director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Svetlichnaya. The Diamond Arm has become a Russian cult film and is considered by many Russian contemporaries to be one of the finest comedies of its time. It was also one of the alltime leaders at the Soviet box office with over 76,700,000 theatre admissions in the Soviet era. The plot of the film was based on a reallife news item about Swiss smugglers who tried to transport jewels in an orthopedic cast.
The ironic The Island of Bad Luck also became popular after the films release. It was sang in the movie by the Kozodoyev during the cruise as he strums a guitar while relaxing on the ships deck. The song is thematic, as it presages the bad luck that Kozodoyev experiences throughout the entire film. The song was recorded by Mironov himself. This is not uncommon, as many Russian actors of that time were proficient in dancing and singing, as well as acting.The metaphorical Song About Rabbits became a popular song during the late 1960s. It tells the story of a group of personified rabbits harvesting grass at night and proclaiming that they are not afraid of any predators, be they wolves or owls. The rabbits boldly sing a refrain that can be roughly translated as We dont care A and includes a nonsense word tryntrava seemingly meaning grass, but also meaning without caring. ........
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