The Cutlass

The Cutlass

1954
1h 23m
3.8

3.8/10

4 votes • View on IMDb

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Lenfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Кортик
Release Date November 22, 1954
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0175824

Cast

Arkadi Tolbuzin
Arkadi Tolbuzin

Commissar Polevoy

Bruno Frejndlikh
Bruno Frejndlikh

Nikitskiy

Vladimir Shakhmametiev
Vladimir Shakhmametiev

Misha Polyakov

Boris Arakelov
Boris Arakelov

Genka

Nina Krachkovskaya
Nina Krachkovskaya

Valya Ivanova

German Khovanov
German Khovanov

Sviridov

Natalya Rashevskaya
Natalya Rashevskaya

Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva

Konstantin Adashevsky
Konstantin Adashevsky

Philatelist

Sergei Filippov
Sergei Filippov

Filin

Igor Kasparov
Igor Kasparov

Slava

Valeri Sebekin
Valeri Sebekin

Vovka Baranov

Viktor Brits
Viktor Brits

Misha Korovin

Key Crew

Mikhail Shveitser
Director
Vladimir Vengerov
Director
Innokenty Gomello
Writer
Anatoli Rybakov
Writer
Fridrikh Ermler
Producer
Pyotr Nikashin
Executive Producer