The Cutlass

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.

3

83 min

Cast

Arkadi Tolbuzin

as Commissar Polevoy

Bruno Frejndlikh

as Nikitskiy

Vladimir Shakhmametiev

as Misha Polyakov

Boris Arakelov

as Genka

Nina Krachkovskaya

as Valya Ivanova

German Khovanov

as Sviridov

Natalya Rashevskaya

as Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva

Konstantin Adashevsky

as Philatelist

Sergei Filippov

as Filin

Igor Kasparov

as Slava

Valeri Sebekin

as Vovka Baranov

Viktor Brits

as Misha Korovin

Boris Ignatyev

as Borka

Aleksandr Susnin

as Styopa

Vadim Medvedev

as Vladimir Vladimirovich Terentyev

Yekaterina Sobol

as бабушка Бяшки

Director

Mikhail Shveitser

Vladimir Vengerov