The Piggy Bank

Release Date: 1980-01-01

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.

Rating: 9 / 10

Cast

Mikhail Svetin

as Шамбурси

Lyudmila Arinina

as Леонида

Roman Tkachuk

as Корденбуа

Grigori Abrikosov

as Колладан

Vera Novikova

as