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2 unusual facts about Grigori Kromanov


Grigori Kromanov

Grigori Kromanov (8 March 1926 in Tallinn – 18 July 1984 in Lahe, Lääne-Virumaa) was an Estonian theatre and film director.

His 1976 film Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata (Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat) is based on the homonymous 1974 detective novel by Yulian Semyonov.


Furst Gabriel or Last Days of the Pirita Monastery

While other major historical novelles by Eduard Bornhöhe have been included in lists of mandatory reading by Soviet authorities, this book was usually considered too long for that, and thus, it's mostly known through its extremely popular 1969 movie adaptation, Viimne reliikvia (Estonian for The last relic) directed by Grigori Kromanov and adapted by Arvo Valton.


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