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The Trust That Has Burst (1984)

The Trust That Has Burst poster
Original title
Трест, который лопнул
Directed by
Aleksandr Pavlovsky
Genre
comedy film
Country
Soviet Union
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This Soviet TV miniseries adapts several short stories by O. Henry. It follows con men and small-town characters as they try to pull off various schemes and deceptions.

humorouslightheartedwhimsicalplayfulsillynostalgicfast-pacedmusical

What happens

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 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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