The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers

Synopsis

The Elusive Avengers, a posse of young Red Partisans, including Valerka, a former schoolboy, Yashka, a devil-may-care Romani, and two orphan siblings, Danka and his sister Ksanka, became Cheka agents after successfully stealing the map in The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers. They wish to abandon their service and study in a university, but the young Soviet Republic needs them again. A group of White émigrés, influenced by a scheming French politician, Monsieur Duc, want to crown a new Tsar in Paris. Two obvious frauds compete for the Russian throne in exile, but they want to be crowned with the real Crown of the Russian emperors.

The White émigrés form a team that will infiltrate the Soviet Union and steal the crown from the museum. Old "friends" from the previous movies, Ataman Burnash, Stabs Captain Ovechkin, and Colonel Kudasov, prepare to enter the USSR along with the notorious thief Naryshkin, a "specialist" who will steal the crown. However, Kudasov tries to double-cross his accomplices and is wounded by a gunshot. Ovechkin becomes the team's leader.

The émigrés return to the USSR, but Naryshkin is accidentally arrested by police. The Cheka doesn't want them to flee, and Yashka, disguised as a pick-pocket, is put in Naryshkin's cell and arranges his escape. He gains Naryshkin's trust and enters the gang. They enter the museum at night, only to find the crown stolen by Ovechkin.

Ovechkin flees Moscow by train. Ksanka pursues him, but loses the trail when he hides in the catacombs of Odessa. He is waiting to be picked up by a ship and successfully escape with the crown. Danka and Valerka immediately go to Paris, where they learn that Monsieur Duc actually didn't want to use the crown for the coronation. Instead, Duc wanted to sell it for millions of dollars. After Kudasov reveals that, he is shot by his former aide, Lieutenant Perov, who now works for Monsieur Duc along with Ovechkin.

Duc's minions, led by Perov, hijack a ship to pick up Ovechkin and carry the crown to Cape Town. Unfortunately, Danka and Valerka are aboard. When the ship picks up Ovechkin and the crown, Yashka, Ksanka, and Naryshkin board it to thwart Perov's plan. Ovechkin, outnumbered and outgunned by the Chekists, tries to throw the crown into the sea, but Naryshkin steals it and hands it to the Avengers.

Cast

Viktor Kosykh - Danka Shchus

Valentina Kurdyukova - Ksanka Shchus

Vasiliy Vasilev - Yashka the Gypsy

Michael Metyolkin - Valerka Meshcheryakov

Ivan Pereverzev - Smirnov, department head of Cheka

Yefim Kopelyan - chieftain Ignat Burnash

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan - Former captain Petr S. Ovechkin

Arkady Tolbuzin - Former colonel Leopold S. Kudasov

Vladimir Ivashov - Former lieutenant Perov

Vladislav Strzhelchik - "Prince" Naryshkin, a professional burglar

Vladimir Belokurov - "shaggy" impostor to the role of the Emperor of Russia

Rolan Bykov - "bald" impostor to the role of the Emperor of Russia

Yan Frenkel - Louis / Leonid, garzon, former violinist of the restaurant (voice by Artyom Karapetyan)

Lyudmila Gurchenko - Agrafena Zavolzhskaya, chansonnier from the restaurant

Andrei Fajt - Mr. Duke

Grigory Shpigel as photographer

Nina Agapova as american lady with parrot

Yakov Lenz as old man who knew everything