The Three Million Trial
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The Three Million Trial is a 1926 Soviet
silent comedy
film starring Igor Ilyinsky
and directed by Yakov Protazanov
based on the play The Three Thieves by Umberto Notari
. It was also released as Three Thieves in the United States.
, the banker Ornano (Mikhail Klimov
) sells his house for three million rubles, but since it the weekend he cannot deposit the money in a bank and must carry it with him. He leaves the city for his country home for a short period of time, only return right away owing to his worries about the money. His wife sends a note to her lover telling him that there are three million in the house but the note, owing to the machinations of one of the three thieves on whom the film focuses, is intercepted. The note, falling into hands of the thief/adventurer Cascarilla (Anatoli Ktorov
) causes him to plot his attempt to steal the money. Meantime, the small-time burglar Tapioca (Igor Ilyinsky
) also chooses the same night to break into the house.
Cinema of the Soviet Union
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...
silent comedy
Silent comedy
Silent comedy refers to a style of acting, related to but distinct from mime, invented to bring comedy into the medium of film in the silent film era before a sound track on film was technologically practicable...
film starring Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a famous Russian actor and notable silent film comedian.-Early years:Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Moscow.At the age of 16 he entered the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre Studio and in half a year already debuted on the professional stage in Kommisarzhevskaya...
and directed by Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia....
based on the play The Three Thieves by Umberto Notari
Umberto Notari
Umberto Notari was an Italian journalist, author, and editor.- Bibliography :* Quelle signore - Milan 1904* Femmina - Milan 1906* I tre ladri - Koschitz, Milan 1907...
. It was also released as Three Thieves in the United States.
Plot
To prepare grounds for yet another speculationSpeculation
In finance, speculation is a financial action that does not promise safety of the initial investment along with the return on the principal sum...
, the banker Ornano (Mikhail Klimov
Mikhail Klimov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Klimov was a notable Russian stage and film actor. From 1909 to 1940 Klimov was a leading actor of the Maly theatre...
) sells his house for three million rubles, but since it the weekend he cannot deposit the money in a bank and must carry it with him. He leaves the city for his country home for a short period of time, only return right away owing to his worries about the money. His wife sends a note to her lover telling him that there are three million in the house but the note, owing to the machinations of one of the three thieves on whom the film focuses, is intercepted. The note, falling into hands of the thief/adventurer Cascarilla (Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Petrovich Ktorov was a famous Russian film and stage actor.-Early years:...
) causes him to plot his attempt to steal the money. Meantime, the small-time burglar Tapioca (Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a famous Russian actor and notable silent film comedian.-Early years:Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Moscow.At the age of 16 he entered the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre Studio and in half a year already debuted on the professional stage in Kommisarzhevskaya...
) also chooses the same night to break into the house.
Cast
- Igor IlyinskyIgor IlyinskyIgor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a famous Russian actor and notable silent film comedian.-Early years:Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Moscow.At the age of 16 he entered the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre Studio and in half a year already debuted on the professional stage in Kommisarzhevskaya...
- Tapioka - Anatoli KtorovAnatoli KtorovAnatoli Petrovich Ktorov was a famous Russian film and stage actor.-Early years:...
- Cascarilla - Mikhail KlimovMikhail KlimovMikhail Mikhailovich Klimov was a notable Russian stage and film actor. From 1909 to 1940 Klimov was a leading actor of the Maly theatre...
- Ornano, the Banker - Olga ZhiznyevaOlga ZhiznyevaOlga Andryevna Zhiznyeva was a famous Russian actress.-Filmography:*Dostoyanie respubliki *Kremlyovskie kuranty *Tsvety zapozdalye as Knyaginya...
- Noris, the Banker's wife - Nikolai Prpzprovsky - Guido
- Vladimir FogelVladimir FogelVladimir Pavlovich Fogel was a Russian silent film actor.-Filmography:*Salamandra as Bankier*Zemlya v plenu as Baron's son-in-law *Dom na Trubnoy as Mr...
- Man with binoculars - Daniil Vvedensky