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Directed by | Edmond Keosayan |
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Based on | Red Devils by Pavel Blyakhin |
Produced by | Mosfilm |
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Cinematography | Fyodor Dobronravov |
Edited by | Lyudmila Yelyan |
Music by | Boris Mokrousov[1] |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Elusive Avengers (Russian: Неуловимые мстители, translit. Neulovimye mstiteli) is a 1967 Soviet action adventure film by Mosfilm.[2] Directed by Edmond Keosayan, the screenplay by Keosayan and Sergei Yermolinsky is loosely based on the novel Red Devils by Pavel Blyakhin ,[3] which was previously adapted in 1923. The film is an example of Ostern, set in Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1917-1923.
Two sequels followed, The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968) and The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (1971).