''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Новые приключения Неуловимых, translit. ''Novye prikluchenya Neulovimykh'') is a 1968

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, a sequel of ''

The Elusive Avengers ''The Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Неуловимые мстители, translit. ''Neulovimye mstiteli'') is a 1967 Soviet adventure film directed by Edmond Keosayan and made by Mosfilm. It is loosely based on the novel ''Red Devils'' b ...

'', directed by Edmond Keosayan and made on

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output inclu ...

. The film was followed by ''

The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Корона Российской Империи, или Снова Неуловимые; translit. ''Korona Rossiyskoy Imperii, ili Snova Neulovimye'') is a 1 ...

'' released in 1971.

Plot

The film continues the story of the Elusive Avengers, a

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of young Red Partisans, including Valerka, a former schoolboy, Yashka, a devil-may-care

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, and two orphan siblings, Danka and his sister Ksanka. They join the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

and fight

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's White Guards. They intercept an airplane that was carrying a letter to the Baron. The letter reveals that the map of fortifications in

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is in possession of the White counter-intelligence officer, Colonel Kudasov. This map is vital for the Red Army assault, and the Avengers are sent on a secret mission to steal the map. They enter

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on a fishing boat and disguise themselves. Danka assumes the guise of a shoe cleaner, and Valerka fashions himself as a young monarchist nobleman. Meanwhile, the Red agent they were sent to is arrested by Kudasov and killed when he tries to escape, leaving the Avengers on their own. Ksanka meets Bubba Castorsky, a popular singer and dancer who helped the Avengers in the first film, and Bubba tells them about a White officer who probably knows the combination for Kudasov's safe. Valerka visits the cabaret often visited by this officer, captain Ovechkin, and befriends him. But Danka is arrested, because Ataman Burnash comes to the city and recognizes him. Yashka meets the local Gypsies and persuades them to help freeing Danka. Then Captain Ovechkin recognizes Valerka for what he is, gloats at him and tells him the combination, intending to arrest him immediately, but Valerka detonates a pool ball filled with explosives and escapes. He dashes to the Counterintelligence Service headquarters, infiltrates it and steals the map. The headquarters is surrounded by soldiers, but Danka, Yashka and Ksanka distract the soldiers and let him escape with the map. The Avengers, along with Bubba, flee the city, but a White officer shoots Bubba when they are already escaping on a boat.

Cast

* Mikhail Metyolkin – Valerka Meshcheryakov *

Vasily Vasilyev Vasily Pavlovich Vasilyev or Wassiljew (Василий Павлович Васильев; 1818-1900) was the preeminent Russian Sinologist of the 19th Century. Vasiliev was born in Nizhny Novgorod and entered the Oriental department of the Kazan ...

– Yashka the Gypsy *

Viktor Kosykh Viktor Ivanovich Kosykh (russian: Виктор Иванович Косых; January 27, 1950 – December 22, 2011) was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema actor. He is probably best known for the role of Danko Schusya in the famous film ''Th ...

– Danka Shchus * Valentina Kurdyukova – Ksanka Shchus *

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Rus ...

– captain Pyotr Sergeyevich Ovechkin *

Boris Sichkin Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin ( ukr, Бори́с Миха́йлович Сі́чкін; russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Си́чкин; 1922–2002) was a Soviet and American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer. ...

– Buba Kastorsky, actor and singer * Arkady Tolbuzin – colonel Leopold Sergeyevich Kudasov *

Vladimir Ivashov Vladimir Sergeyevich Ivashov (russian: Влади́мир Серге́евич Ивашо́в; 28 August 1939 — 23 March 1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography He had a film career that spanned over 30 years. He is best known for hi ...

– lieutenant Perov, Kudasov's adjutant *

Yefim Kopelyan Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan (russian: Ефим Захарович Копелян; 12 April 1912 – 6 March 1975) was a Soviet Union, Soviet actor of theatre and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leni ...

– chieftain Ignat Burnash *

Konstantin Sorokin The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. ...

– Mefody Kuzmich, carousel owner *

Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Переве́рзев; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). Filmography * '' The Convey ...

– Smirnov, chief of staff of Red Cavalry Army * Nikolay Fedortsov – Andrei, underground fighter *

Yevgeny Vesnik Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik (russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Ве́сник; 15 January 1923 in Petrograd – 10 April 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik, the first director of the Kryvorizhstal p ...

– drunk colonel *

Sergey Filippov Sergey Nikolayevich Filippov (russian: Сергей Николаевич Филиппов, 24 June 1912— 19 April 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor and comedian, best known for his parts in films ''Adventures of Korzinkina'' ...

– Koshkin, apothecary, expert on explosions *

Savely Kramarov Savely Viktorovich Kramarov (russian: Саве́лий Ви́кторович Кра́маров; 13 October 1934 – 6 June 1995) was a Soviet, Russian and American actor. He acted in at least 42 Soviet films, and later appeared in several mo ...

– Ilyukha Verekhov, cross-eyed convoy, former bandit * Eduard Abalov – episode *

Yan Frenkel Yan Abramovich Frenkel (russian: link=no, Ян Абрамович Френкель) (November 21, 1920, Kyiv – August 25, 1989, Riga, USSR) was a popular Soviet Ukrainian composer and performer of Jewish descent. Biography Yan Frenkel was a ...

– violinist (uncredited)

External links

* 1968 films Mosfilm films Films set in Ukraine Ostern films Russian Civil War films 1960s Russian-language films 1960s action comedy films Soviet action comedy films Films directed by Edmond Keosayan Russian sequel films 1968 comedy films Soviet teen films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub