The Trust That Has Burst (1984)

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

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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