The Trust That Went Bust
1983 Soviet TV series or program
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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
Written byIgor Shevtsov
Directed byAleksandr Pavlovsky
StarringRegimantas Adomaitis
Nikolai Karachentsov
Leonid Kuravlyov
Mikhail Svetin
Irina Ponarovskaya
Vladimir Basov
Nikolai Karachentsov
Leonid Kuravlyov
Mikhail Svetin
Irina Ponarovskaya
Vladimir Basov
Music byMaksim Dunayevsky
| 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 |
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)
