The Piggy Bank (1980)

9.0/10 134 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Mikhail Svetin

Шамбурси

Lyudmila Arinina

Леонида

Roman Tkachuk

Корденбуа

Grigori Abrikosov

Колладан

Vera Novikova

Yuriy Nifontov

Феликс

Anatoliy Romashin

Кокарель

Igor Dmitriev

Бешю

Ernst Romanov

Бенжамен

Zinoviy Gerdt

Ksenia Nikolaeva

дочь графини Кордебуа

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