''The Trust That Went Bust'' (russian: Трест, который лопнул; ''Trest, kotoryy lopnul'') is a Soviet

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

TV miniseries (total runtime 196 min) based on short stories by

O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the M ...

: "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 Aleksandr Pavlovsky (russian: Александр Анатольевич Павловский; 14 July 1936 – 4 July 1977) was a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympic ...

. 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 Mikhail Semyonovich Svetin (russian: Михаил Семёнович Светин; born Michail Solomonovitch Goltsman; 11 December 1929 – 30 August 2015) was a Soviet, Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. Svetin's room 2 ...

as Doorman Klein *

Irina Ponarovskaya Irina Vitalyevna Ponarovskaya (russian: link=no, Ирина Витальевна Понаровская; born 12 March 1953 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian singer and film actress, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s. Biography Ponarovskaya ...

as Pseudo-Sarah Bernhardt *

Vladimir Basov Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (russian: link=no, Владимир Павлович Басов; 28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1983). Biography Vladimir Basov was ...

as Pseudo-John Pierpont Morgan *

Yuri Mazhuga Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. *Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...

as Bill Humble *

Pavel Vinnik Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

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 Natalya Eduardovna Andreychenko (russian: link=no, Ната́лья Эдуа́рдовна Андре́йченко; born May 3, 1956) is a Russian actress. Her most famous roles include the title character in ''Mary Poppins, Goodbye'' and Lyuba ...

) *

Viktor Ilyichov The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

as Ruf Tattum * Gennadi Yalovich as The postman *

Boris Novikov Boris Kuzmich Novikov (russian: Бори́с Кузьми́ч Но́виков; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Bo ...

as The artillerist *

Lev Perfilov Lev may refer to: Common uses *Bulgarian lev, the currency of Bulgaria *an abbreviation for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Torah People and fictional characters *Lev (given name) *Lev (surname) Places *Lev, Azerbaijan, a ...

as The keyhole-peeping con artist * David Makarevsky as The Mayor *

as The Mayor's nephew * Viktor Pavlovsky as The policeman * Mikhail Muromov as The busker *

Ingrīda Andriņa Ingrīda Andriņa (23 June 1944 – 17 September 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress. Biography Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1967 and began working at the Latvian Nat ...

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 Maksim Isaakovich Dunayevsky (russian: Макси́м Исаа́кович Дунае́вский, born 15 January 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2006). He is the artistic director and chairman of the ...

* Lyrics by

Naum Olev Naum Mironovich Olev (russian: Наум Миронович Олев, February 22, 1939, Moscow, USSR - April 10, 2009, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian lyricist of Jewish origin who penned the songs for ''Mary Poppins, Goodbye'' (1983) and ''Treasure ...

(1-3 parts), Leonid Filatov (1st part)

External links

* * 1983 films 1980s Russian-language films Soviet television miniseries Odesa Film Studio films Soviet musical drama films 1980s Soviet television series Adaptations of works by O. Henry 1980s musical drama films Films scored by Maksim Dunayevsky 1980s television miniseries 1983 drama films {{musical-drama-film-stub