The Three (1928)
Based on a short story by O. Henry "The Ransom of the Red Chief". Three boys meet by chance. Myshko, a pioneer, is walking down the street in the ranks of a pioneer unit, while the homeless Semen is standing behind the unit, and Mr. Zhorzhyk is looking out of the window. The second time the boys meet is in the Crimea, where Myshko travels with the pioneers, the panych in a soft carriage with a bonnet, and Semen between the cars. Semen is kidnapped by bandits who mistake him for Zhorzhyk. Meanwhile, Zhorzhyk escapes from his bondage to a pioneer detachment. Soon, Semyon ends up there as well.
Director: Aleksandr Solovyov
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Gavriil Marinchak as Zaboychenko |
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B. Goncharov as Zhuravkov |
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Zoya Barantsevich as Zhuravkov‘s wife |
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Yuriy Krestinskiy as Zhorzhyk |
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Varvara Masliuchenko as Governess |
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Анатолій Лукашевич as Сєнька Метушня |
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Олександр Будніков as Myshko |
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Sofya Yakovleva as Myshko‘s mother |
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Nikolai Panov as Baron |
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G. Rostov as Chorna ruka „Black Hand“ |
| Directing | Aleksandr Solovyov | Director |
| Camera | Albert Kyun | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Ballyuzek | Production Design |
| Art | Konstantin Yevseyev | Production Design |
| Writing | Vladimir Mayakovsky | Writer |
| Directing | Mark Gofman-Zgoda | Assistant Director |