Comedy · Soviet Union · 1980 · 2h 14m

The Piggy Bank

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Director
Mikhail GrigoryevVolodymyr Saveliev
Cast
Mikhail Svetin as Шамбурси Lyudmila Arinina as Леонида Roman Tkachuk as Корденбуа Grigori Abrikosov as Колладан Vera Novikova as Yuriy Nifontov as Феликс
Crew
Feliks Hilevych — Director of Photography Anna Brunchugin — Editor Tikhon Khrennikov — Original Music Composer Mikhail Grigoryev — Writer Eugène Labiche — Writer Victor Zhylko — Production Design
Synopsis

A musical screen comedy based on the French play La Cagnotte (The Piggy Bank in English) by Eugène Marin Labiche. A group of provincial Bourgeois decide to spend savings they accumulated for a year of playing cards together on a memorable deed. After humorous strategizing and alliance forming, Leonida, the unmarried sister and Blanche, the engaged daughter, of Monsieur Champbourcy, entice the group to spend the money on what they imagine a luxurious journey to a capital city. A very memorable event indeed it was.

Key Collaborators
Mikhail Grigoryev Director Volodymyr Saveliev Director Feliks Hilevych Director of Photography Anna Brunchugin Editor Tikhon Khrennikov Original Music Composer Mikhail Grigoryev Writer Eugène Labiche Writer Victor Zhylko Production Design Larysa Zhylko Production Design
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