The Cutlass
The Plot
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.
1h 23m
Mystery, Family, Adventure
22 Nov 1954
Soviet Union
Russian
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Arkadi TolbuzinCommissar Polevoy
Bruno FrejndlikhNikitskiy
Misha Polyakov
Boris ArakelovGenka
Nina KrachkovskayaValya Ivanova
Sviridov
Natalya RashevskayaMariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva
Konstantin AdashevskyPhilatelist
Sergei FilippovFilin
Slava
Vovka Baranov
Misha Korovin


Mikhail Shveitser
Vladimir Vengerov
Fridrikh Ermler
Anatoli Rybakov
Boris Arapov