Property of the Republic

Property of the Republic (Достоя́ние респу́блики) is a 1971 Soviet two-part adventure film directed by Vladimir Bychkov. The detective story takes place during the Civil War in Russia. The picture was the 44th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.

Plot
Spring 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of the former court fencing teacher Shilovsky and homeless boy Keshka, steals from abandoned mansion collection of paintings and sculptures. Hopping across the border, criminals roam the circus troupe, and they are being tailed by an employee of Criminal Investigation,  Makar Ovchinnikov.

Cast

 * Oleg Tabakov as Makar Ovchinnikov
 * Andrei Mironov as Shilovsky aka Marquis
 * Vitya Galkin as homeless Keshka
 * Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Carl Genrikhovich Vitol
 * Spartak Mishulin as Ilya Tarakanov
 * Mikhail Ekaterininskiy as Director of the Museum
 * Olga Zhiznyeva as Duchess Tikhvinskaya
 * Yuri Tolubeyev as criminologist Prokofy Filippovich Dobrovo
 * Igor Kvasha as Ataman Lagutin
 * Vladimir Grammatikov as magician
 * Rogvold Sukhoverko as Commissioner Kochet
 * Georgy Millyar as old railroad
 * Arkady Tolbuzin as director
 * Elmira Zherzdeva as singer

Release
Vladimir Bychkov's film watched 47.1 million viewers, which is 67 results in the history of Soviet film distribution.