History Film / PropertyOfTheRepublic

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Both Makar and Marquis in the end. Subverted [[spoiler:in the case of Makar, who survives.]]

In 1918, after the [[RedOctober Great October Revolution]], the collection of precious art objects that belonged to the Prince Tikhvinsky’s family and was to be passed to the government, is stolen. A young detective Makar Ovchinnikov (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Tabakov Oleg Tabakov]]) is charged with the job of finding it. Makar discovers that the treasure has been stolen by the former Tikhvinsky’s steward Tarakanov. Meanwhile, Tarakanov turns to a former fencing teacher of the Tikhvinskys’ family, an adventurer nicknamed Marquis (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Mironov_(actor) Andrei Mironov]]), who had once helped the Prince’s family to flee from the Revolution, to assist him in conveying the collection abroad. Marquis befriends a street urchin Keshka, and they hide themselves and the collection among the members of an itinerant circus troupe, where Marquis demonstrates his ImprobableAimingSkills with a revolver. Makar joins the troupe incognito, but then the protagonists are caught in-between the rock and the hard place when the gang of bandits led by Lagutin gets their hands on both them and the Tikhvinsky’s treasure…

* {{Badass}}: Makar, Marquis.

The film has gorgeous visuals (including combined animated sequences by Yuri Norstein), music by YevgenyKrylatov, and some nicely staged action scenes. It was a big hit in the USSR in the 1970s, and Andrei Mironov named the role of Marquis his favorite among all the roles he played.

In 1918, after the [[RedOctober Great October Revolution]], the collection of precious art objects that belonged to the Prince Tikhvinsky’s family and was to be passed to the government, is stolen. A young detective Makar Ovchinnikov (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Tabakov Oleg Tabakov]]) is charged with the job of finding it. Makar discovers that the treasure has been stolen by the former Tikhvinsky’s steward Tarakanov. Meanwhile, Tarakanov turns to a former fencing teacher of the Tikhvinskys’ family, an adventurer nicknamed Marquis (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//Andrei_Mironov_(actor) Andrei Mironov]]), who had once helped the Prince’s family to flee from the Revolution, to assist him in conveying the collection abroad. Marquis befriends a street urchin Keshka, and they hide themselves and the collection among the members of an itinerant circus troupe, where Marquis demonstrates his ImprobableAimingSkills with a revolver. Makar joins the troupe incognito, but then the protagonists are caught in-between the rock and the hard place when the gang of bandits led by Lagutin gets their hands on both them and the Tikhvinsky’s treasure…

In 1918, after the [[RedOctober Great October Revolution]], the collection of precious art objects that belonged to the Prince Tikhvinsky’s family and was to be passed to the government, is stolen. A young detective Makar Ovchinnikov (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Tabakov Oleg Tabakov]]) is charged with the job of finding it. Makar discovers that the treasure has been stolen by the former Tikhvinsky’s steward Tarakanov. Meanwhile, Tarakanov turns to a former fencing teacher of the Tikhvinskys’ family, an adventurer nicknamed Marquis (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Mironov Andrei Mironov]]), who had once helped the Prince’s family to flee from the Revolution, to assist him in conveying the collection abroad. Marquis befriends a street urchin Keshka, and they hide themselves and the collection among the members of an itinerant circus troupe, where Marquis demonstrates his ImprobableAimingSkills with a revolver. Makar joins the troupe incognito, but then the protagonists are caught in-between the rock and the hard place when the gang of bandits led by Lagutin gets their hands on both them and the Tikhvinsky’s treasure…

* SceneryPorn: The Saint-Petersburg cityscapes. Lampshaded by Marquis’ [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emzBFcw5wvc nostalgic song]] about the city’s beauty. Also, gorgeous shots of the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cyril-Belozersky-Monastery.jpg/1024px-Cyril-Belozersky-Monastery.jpg Kirilo-Belozersky monastery]] in the end.

* HairOfGold: Marquis fits this trope almost perfectly.

* BlueEyes: Marquis and Makar are endowed with [[InnocentBlueEyes Innocent Blues]], Lagutin’s are [[IcyBlueEyes Icy Blue]].

The film has gorgeous visuals (including combined animated sequences by Yuri Norstein), music by AlexeiRybnikov, and some nicely staged action scenes. It was a big hit in the USSR in the 1970s, and Andrei Mironov named the role of Marquis his favorite among all the roles he played.

The film has gorgeous visuals (including combined animated sequences by Yuri Norstein), music and some nicely staged action scenes. It was a big hit in the USSR in the 1970s, and Andrei Mironov named the role of Marquis his favorite among all the roles he played.

* RenaissanceMan: Closer to the end of the film it is revealed that Marquis was a Fine Arts student good enough to be sent on training to Italy, and that he worked as an aviator, a huntsman, a circus performer, a jockey, a fencing teacher. He is also a poet if we are to think that in-universe, the lyrics to his songs were written by him.

* EvilIsSexy: Lagutin, played by TallDarkAndHandsome [[http://ruskino.ru/artist/701/sov_md_portret.jpg Igor Kvasha]], certainly is good-looking.

* AnyoneCanDie

* MemeticMutation: About the Crimea: “It’s warm, there’s apples.”