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.
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Gavriil Marinchak
Zaboychenko
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B. Goncharov
Zhuravkov
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Zoya Barantsevich
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Анатолій Лукашевич
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Олександр Будніков
Myshko
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Sofya Yakovleva
Myshko‘s mother
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Nikolai Panov
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Aleksandr Solovyov Director · Vladimir Mayakovsky Writer Albert Kyun Cinematographer
First release April 6, 1928 · Produced in Russia · Original title Троє
Production
VUFKU
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Russia
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Original title
Троє
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Ukraine · April 6, 1928
Premiere · Київ
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
August 28, 1928 · Theatrical · Москва
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