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The Piggy Bank

First aired on Jan 1, 1980

Runtime: 134 mins

90%

Genres: Comedy

A musical screen comedy based on the French play La Cagnotte (The Piggy Bank in English) by Eugène Marin Labiche. A group of provincial Bourgeois decide to spend savings they accumulated for a year of playing cards together on a memorable deed. After humorous strategizing and alliance forming, Leonida, the unmarried sister and Blanche, the engaged daughter, of Monsieur Champbourcy, entice the group to spend the money on what they imagine a luxurious journey to a capital city. A very memorable event indeed it was.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Mikhail Svetin | Шамбурси
Lyudmila Arinina | Леонида
Roman Tkachuk | Корденбуа
Grigori Abrikosov | Колладан
Vera Novikova |
Yuriy Nifontov | Феликс
Featured Crew
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Feliks Hilevych | Director of Photography
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Mikhail Grigoryev | Director
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Mikhail Grigoryev | Writer
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Victor Zhylko | Production Design
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Eugène Labiche | Writer
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Anna Brunchugin | Editor