The Three Million Trial


The Three Million Trial is a 1926 Soviet silent comedy film starring Igor Ilyinsky and directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the play The Three Thieves by Umberto Notari. It was also released as Three Thieves in the United States.

Plot

To prepare grounds for yet another speculation, the banker Ornano sells his house for three million rubles, but since it's the weekend he cannot deposit the money in a bank and must carry it with him. He leaves the city for his country home for a short period of time, only to return right away owing to his worries about the money. His wife sends a note to her lover telling him that there are three million in the house but the note, owing to the machinations of one of the three thieves on whom the film focuses, is intercepted. The note, falling into hands of the thief/adventurer Cascarilla causes him to plot his attempt to steal the money. Meantime, the small-time burglar Tapioca also chooses the same night to break into the house.

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