A humble and honest cashier is robbed while carrying a large sum of money and the bag ends up in the basement of a building. When he later discovers that the robber has not taken it with him, he decides to keep the money making everyone believe that the thief has the bag.
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Maksim Shtraukh
Known for
Strike
Lyubov Nenasheva
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Naum Rogozhin
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Leonid Yurenyov
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Aleksandr Antonov
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Battleship Potemkin
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Ivan Bobrov
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Mother
Tatyana Barysheva
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The Twelve Months
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Natalya Vasilyeva
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Ivan Pyryev Director · Vsevolod Pavlovskiy Writer Aleksey Solodkov Cinematographer
First release July 13, 1931 · Produced in Russia · Original title Государственный чиновник
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Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Государственный чиновник
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 13, 1931
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No release date listed for United States.
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