The Three

The Three — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 28, 1928
• Runtime
• 60 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Aleksandr Solovyov

The Three — Cast

Gavriil Marinchak Zaboychenko

B

B. Goncharov Zhuravkov Zoya Barantsevich Zhuravkov‘s wife

Y

Yuriy Krestinskiy Zhorzhyk Varvara Masliuchenko Governess

А

Анатолій Лукашевич Сєнька Метушня

О

Олександр Будніков Myshko Sofya Yakovleva Myshko‘s mother