The Cutlass
Seen it?1954 | 83 min | Mystery, Family, Adventure
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for book lovers and anyone who loves trying to stay one step ahead. Adapted from a book, so readers can compare notes.
- The mood
- Tense, feel-good.
- The pace
- Lively and easy to follow, at 1 hr 23 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1954: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you want something to relax to.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mikhail Shveitser, Vladimir Vengerov
- Arkadi TolbuzinCommissar Polevoy
- Bruno FrejndlikhNikitskiy
- Vladimir ShakhmametievMisha Polyakov
- Boris ArakelovGenka
- Nina KrachkovskayaValya Ivanova
- German KhovanovSviridov
- Natalya RashevskayaMariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva
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