The Property of Republic

Name: The Property of Republic
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Action
Released: 1972-04-24
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Oleg Tabakov, Andrey Mironov, Spartak Mishulin, Yuriy Tolubeev, Viktor Galkin

Достояние республики (1972)

2:11 (131 min)

Adventure, Crime, Action

Soviet Union

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Production

Gorky Film Studios

Release date

24 April 1972

Director

Vladimir Bychkov

Scenario

Avenir Zak

Composer

Evgeniy Krylatov

All team (14)

Actors

Oleg Tabakov

Макар Овчинников, сотрудник УгРо

Andrey Mironov

Шиловский ("Маркиз"), учитель фехтования детей Тихвинского

Spartak Mishulin

Илья Спиридонович Тараканов, управляющий имения Тихвинских

Yuriy Tolubeev

Прокофий Филиппович Доброво, криминалист полиции сыска

Viktor Galkin

Иннокентий

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Витоль

Igor Kvasha

атаман Лагутин

Olga Zhizneva

княгиня Ирина Константиновна Тихвинская

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid Keshka, is stealing a collection of paintings and sculptures from the abandoned estate owners. Hoping to transport her abroad, criminals wander with a circus troupe, and in their wake goes a tireless criminal investigator — Makar Ovchinnikov.

What's left behind the scenes

In the editing scripts, the film was titled 'Property of the Republic' (with the second word capitalized), but cinematic tradition reduced 'Republic' to a lowercase letter.
The renowned Soviet animator Yuri Norstein participated in the special effects shots.
The final film role of Olga Zhizneva.
In terms of attendance, it ranks 44th among domestic films in the entire history of Soviet cinema distribution.
Spartak Mishulin nearly perished during filming. In one episode, he and a circus performer were supposed to walk across a tightrope high above the ground. However, the rope sagged and the actors fell—fortunately, not to the ground, but onto a monastery roof. The circus performer, suffering from numerous fractures, was flown to Moscow, while Mishulin spent a long time recovering in a local hospital.
Andrey Mironov had many horseback riding scenes and was expected to practice with the stunt team every day, but the actor refused the training, arguing that he had been 'on a horse since the age of three.' A few days later, as proof, Mironov brought photos to the set showing him riding a wooden hobbyhorse. On the back of one of the photographs, it was written: 'Andryushenka is 3 years old. The horse was a gift from Utesov.'
The camel used in the film, nicknamed the 'Chinese Provocateur' due to its difficult temperament, took a dislike to Mironov and kept trying to either bite or spit on him. Circus performers suggested the reason for the animosity: to mask animal odors, the fastidious actor would pour liters of expensive cologne on himself. Once he was persuaded to give up the perfume, the camel's anger turned to mercy.
According to Yuri Entin, censors viewed the song lyric 'The ring of rapiers, like the ring of a glass, has caressed my ear since childhood' as propaganda for underage alcoholism.