The Elusive Avengers

Infobox Film
name = The Elusive Avengers

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image_size =
caption = Film poster
director = Edmond Keosayan
producer = Mosfilm
writer = Story:
Pavel Blyakhin
Script:
Edmond Keosayan
Sergei Yermolinsky
narrator =
starring = Viktor Kosykh
Mikhail Metyolkin
Vasili Vasilyev
Valentina Kurdyukova
Yefim Kopelyan
Vladimir Treshchalov
Boris Sichkin
Inna Churikova
Saveli Kramarov
music = Boris Mokrousov
cinematography = Fyodor Dobronravov
editing = Lyudmila Yelyan
distributor = Mosfilm
released = fy|1966
runtime = 78 min.
country = USSR
language = Russian
budget =
gross =
followed_by = The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
website =
amg_id = A170741
imdb_id = 0060747

The Elusive Avengers ( _ru. Неуловимые мстители, translit|"Neulovimye mstiteli") is a fy|1966 Soviet Ostern directed by Edmond Keosayan and made on Mosfilm.

It has two sequels, "The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers" (1968) and "The Crown of the Russian Empire/Once again the Elusive Avengers" (1971)

ynopsis

The Elusive Avengers is a vivid comedy version of a story about four youngsters who become heroes in the Russian Civil War. Valerka, a former schoolboy, joins Yashka, a devil-may-care gypsy and orphans, Danka and sister Ksanka. They make a pledge of mutual assistance, determined to exact revenge on the bandits who are bringing so much suffering to peaceful villagers. The friends then embark on a series of daring adventures.

Meanwhile, strange things begin to happen to a band of outlaws led by the ruthless bandit Ataman Burnash. All his schemes seem to go wrong, sabotaged by unseen and unidentified enemies. The mischievous culprits always leave a note signed '- the Elusive Avengers', and are of course the four friends, who succeed by never forgetting their pledge of mutual assistance.

In a plot twist familiar to many Westerns such as "For a Few Dollars More" and the Japanese "Yojimbo", Danka uses his anonymity to infiltrate the outlaws' gang and insinuate himself into Ataman's confidence, becoming his trusted right hand man. But intrigue and rivalries in the bandits' inner circle threaten to expose Danka's real identity. Can he prevail now he has become separated from the support and protection of his friends?

External links

*imdb title|id=0060747|title=The Elusive Avengers