The Trust That Went Bust
| The Trust That Went Bust | |
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| Written by | Igor Shevtsov |
| Directed by | Aleksandr Pavlovsky |
| Starring | Regimantas Adomaitis Nikolai Karachentsov Leonid Kuravlyov Mikhail Svetin Irina Ponarovskaya Vladimir Basov |
| Music by | Maksim Dunayevsky |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Original language | Russian |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mikhail Byaly |
| Cinematography | Vyacheslav Syomin |
| Editor | Inna Chausskaya |
| Running time | 196 minutes |
| Production company | Odessa Film Studio |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1983 – 1983 |
The Trust That Went Bust (Russian: «Трест, который лопнул», romanized: Trest, kotoryy lopnul, Ukrainian: «Трест, що луснув») is a Soviet 1983 musical TV miniseries (total runtime 196 min) based on short stories by O. Henry: "The Octopus Marooned", "Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet", "Modern Rural Sports", "The Hand That Riles the World", "The Exact Science of Matrimony", and "The Ethics of Pig". Directed by Aleksandr Pavlovsky. Screenplay by Igor Shevtsov
Cast
- Regimantas Adomaitis as Andy Tucker (voiced-over by Aleksandr Demyanenko on dialogue and Pavel Smeyan in songs)
- Nikolai Karachentsov as Jeff Peters
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Farmer Ezra Plunkett
- Mikhail Svetin as Doorman Klein
- Irina Ponarovskaya as Pseudo-Sarah Bernhardt
- Vladimir Basov as Pseudo-John Pierpont Morgan
- Yuri Mazhuga as Bill Humble
- Pavel Vinnik as The storeowner
- Yelena Aminova as Female secretary at the ministry
- Vsevolod Abdulov as Joe Blassome
- Tamara Yatsenko as The widowed Miss Trotter (voiced-over by Natalya Andrejchenko)
- Viktor Ilyichov as Ruf Tattum
- Gennadi Yalovich as The postman
- Boris Novikov as The artillerist
- Lev Perfilov as The keyhole-peeping con artist
- David Makarevsky as The Mayor
- Aleksandr Pavlovsky as The Mayor's nephew
- Viktor Pavlovsky as The policeman
- Mikhail Muromov as The busker
- Ingrīda Andriņa as Mrs. Ezra Plunkett
- Oleg Fedulov as Drunk man (uncredited)
- Leonid Anisimov
- Viktor Andriyenko
- Valeri Bassel
- Boris Astankov
- Vitaly Derkach
- Sergey Zinchenko
- Georgy Derevyansky
- Igor Tiltikov
- Gennady Butrov
Songs in the film
- Composer - Maksim Dunayevsky
- Lyrics by Naum Olev (1-3 parts), Leonid Filatov (1st part)
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