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Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
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Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
Original name: Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find the treasure, each one for himself/herself. What's worse - the only information they have is that the treasure is under a lion - and it's in Leningrad, a city known by its numerous statues of lions. The story gets even more interesting when the soviet militia (police) learns about the whole thing and send an undercover agent...
Style: detective, road movie
Plot: spy, summer, lion, italian abroad, automobile, treasure, car chase, mafioso, buried treasure, inheritance, fall in love, smoking, assassination attempt, death of mother, cigar, car, heiress, con man, kgb agent, con artists, soviet, red car, kiss, phone booth, cigar smoking ...
Place: soviet union, rome italy, russia, st. petersburg russia, italy, saint petersburg
Keyword: russian

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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
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The Sucker (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 210 min.
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Twelve Chairs (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 305 min.
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Story: A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist ...
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Place: soviet union, russia
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Duration: 95 min.
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