The Undiamond Arm

The Undiamond Arm
Russian: Небриллиантовая рука
Directed by	Mikhail Semichev Roman Kim
Written by	Andrey Shelkov Maxim Tkachenko
Produced by	Tina Kandelaki Arkady Vodakhov Boris Khanchalyan
Starring	Timur Batrutdinov Maxim Lagashkin Alexey Vorobyov
Cinematography	Yevgeny Mlyukov Yuri Danilov
Edited by	Pavel Korchemkin Yevgeny Chernyshev
Production companies	TNT Comedy Club Production
Release date	31 December 2024 (2024-12-31)
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

The Undiamond Arm (Russian: Небриллиантовая рука, romanized: Nebrilliantovaya ruka) is a 2024 Russian comedy film directed by Mikhail Semichev and Roman Kim. It is a parody of Leonid Gaidai's classic comedy The Diamond Arm. Starring Timur Batrutdinov, Maxim Lagashkin and Alexey Vorobyov.

The film will premiere on December 31, 2024.

Plot

The action takes place in a fictional Soviet era, but in the present day. The main character, Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov, goes on a cruise liner trip and makes a stop in Dubai along the way. There, smugglers Gesha and Lyolik put him in a plaster cast, but not with diamonds. Instead, the plaster cast will contain attributes of modern, rich life: smartphones and hair dryers.

Cast

• Timur Batrutdinov as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
• Alexey Vorobyov as Gennady Petrovich Kozodoev
• Maxim Lagashkin as Lyolik
• Marina Kravets as Nadya, Gorbunkov's wife
• Artyom Melnikov as Maxim, Gorbunkov's son
• Stefania Lebedeva as Gorbunkov's daughter
• Olga Kartunkova as Varvara Sergeevna Plyushch, house manager
• Pavel Volya as smuggler-pharmacist
• Mikhail Galustyan as smuggler-pharmacist's assistant
• Yuri Muzychenko as Jack Sparrow
• Dmitry Guberniev as Nikolay Guberniev
• Nikita Kologrivy, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Epifantsev, Roman Kagramanov, Natalia Medvedeva, Regina Todorenko as cameo

Critical reception

Already at the idea level, the film has attracted a lot of criticism. As film critic David Shneiderov noted: “Of course, it’s stupid to compare Batrutdinov with Nikulin or Lagashkin with Papanov. It’s complete nonsense. But as a disposable piece of chewing gum with the motto ‘People will swallow it’, why not. ‘The Undiamond Arm’, fortunately, will not be released in cinemas”. Maxim Nikulin, the son of actor Yuri Nikulin, in an interview with News.ru said that he had not seen any high-quality similar projects on the TNT TV channel: “Bad. Nothing I saw was good. Someone rightly noted: you can’t look for success where you’ve already found it”. At the same time, the project was supported by Sarik Andreasyan, who noted that “it is necessary to adapt classical works for modern generations who need ‘understandable cinematic language”.

External links

• The Undiamond Arm at IMDb
• Илья Ненко. В России переснимают «Бриллиантовую руку»: кто сыграет в новом фильме и как изменили сюжет? Вокруг света (4 сентября 2024)
• Сусанна Альперина. Появилось первое видео новогоднего телефильма «Небриллиантовая рука» Российская газета (12 сентября 2024)