St. Jorgens's Day
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Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena (St. Jorgen's Day, Holiday of St. Jorgen, The Feast of St. Jorgen) is a 1930
Soviet, partly- silent comedy
film by Yakov Protazanov
and starring Igor Ilyinsky
.
Uncredited are the original novel by Harald Bergstedt
, and the cues written by Ilf and Petrov
(with the additional contribution of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
).
) escapes from prison and mingles with the gathering celebrants. He sees the large amounts of money being made by those hosting the celebration, who are mainly clergy. Korkis cannot refrain from getting involved in this venture. Together with an accomplice (Igor Ilyinsky
) they conceive and realize a way to fraudulently extract at least a small part of the money flowing into the hosts' coffers.
Part-talkie
Films from this period often combine silent and sound sequences.
Most of St. Jorgen's Day was shot without recorded sound. These sequences have Russian intertitles, an orchestral and choral score, and occasional sound effects (e.g. the sound of a hand knocking on a door) or added dialogue. A specific scene can use sound effects and intertitles together. The often-impressive exterior scenes were shot silent on location. Interspersed throughout the film are short indoor scenes with recorded sound. The opening credit sequence uses sound, with the principal performers speaking in costume as their characters.
1930 in film
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Soviet, partly- silent comedy
Silent comedy
Silent comedy refers to a style of acting, related to but distinct from mime, invented to bring comedy into the medium of film in the silent film era before a sound track on film was technologically practicable...
film by Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia....
and starring Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a famous Russian actor and notable silent film comedian.-Early years:Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Moscow.At the age of 16 he entered the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre Studio and in half a year already debuted on the professional stage in Kommisarzhevskaya...
.
Uncredited are the original novel by Harald Bergstedt
Harald Bergstedt
Harald Bergstedt was a Danish writer, novelist, playwright and a poet....
, and the cues written by Ilf and Petrov
Ilf and Petrov
Ilya Ilf Ilya Ilf Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg and Evgeny or Yevgeni Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev were two Soviet prose authors of the 1920s and 1930s...
(with the additional contribution of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Sigizmund Dominikovich Krzhizhanovsky was a Russian and Soviet short-story writer who described himself as being "known for being unknown"; the bulk of his writings were published posthumously.-Life:...
).
Plot summary
Before the church holiday celebrating St. Jorgen, the thief Korkis (Anatoli KtorovAnatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Petrovich Ktorov was a famous Russian film and stage actor.-Early years:...
) escapes from prison and mingles with the gathering celebrants. He sees the large amounts of money being made by those hosting the celebration, who are mainly clergy. Korkis cannot refrain from getting involved in this venture. Together with an accomplice (Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a famous Russian actor and notable silent film comedian.-Early years:Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Moscow.At the age of 16 he entered the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre Studio and in half a year already debuted on the professional stage in Kommisarzhevskaya...
) they conceive and realize a way to fraudulently extract at least a small part of the money flowing into the hosts' coffers.
Cast
- Igor IlyinskyIgor IlyinskyIgor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a famous Russian actor and notable silent film comedian.-Early years:Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Moscow.At the age of 16 he entered the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre Studio and in half a year already debuted on the professional stage in Kommisarzhevskaya...
, Franz Schulz - Anatoli KtorovAnatoli KtorovAnatoli Petrovich Ktorov was a famous Russian film and stage actor.-Early years:...
, Korkis - Mariya Strelkova
- Mikhail KlimovMikhail KlimovMikhail Mikhailovich Klimov was a notable Russian stage and film actor. From 1909 to 1940 Klimov was a leading actor of the Maly theatre...
- Vladimir Uralsky
- Igor Arkadin
- Anatoli Goryunov
- Feofan Shipulinsky
Credited crew
- Director: Yakov Protazanov
- Script: Yakov Protazanov, Vladimir Shveitser
- Operator: P. Yermolov
- Co-director: Porfiri Podobed
- Composer: Sergei Bugoslavsky
- Soundmaster: D. Blok
- Zvuk: S. Yurtsev, N. Ozornov
- Orchestra and chorus of Mezhrabpom-Film
- Tagefon sound system
Part-talkiePart-talkieA part-talkie is a partly, and most often primarily, silent film which includes one or more synchronous sound sequences with audible dialog or singing. During the silent portions lines of dialog are presented as "titles" -- printed text briefly filling the screen -- and the soundtrack is used only...
Films from this period often combine silent and sound sequences.Most of St. Jorgen's Day was shot without recorded sound. These sequences have Russian intertitles, an orchestral and choral score, and occasional sound effects (e.g. the sound of a hand knocking on a door) or added dialogue. A specific scene can use sound effects and intertitles together. The often-impressive exterior scenes were shot silent on location. Interspersed throughout the film are short indoor scenes with recorded sound. The opening credit sequence uses sound, with the principal performers speaking in costume as their characters.
Quotes
- «Primary task in a thief profession as in the saint profession is to vanish at right time!»
- «Learn how to handle it without a jemmyCrowbar (tool)A crowbar, a wrecking bar, pry bar, or prybar, or sometimes a prise bar or prisebar, and more informally a jimmy, jimmy bar, jemmy or gooseneck is a tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on one or both ends for removing nails...
!» - When I was just an infant... My dear poor mother had dropped me from the ...nth floor...
- - Please, make one more miracle - an ascension!
- And how about ascendables? (Korkis, talking about money)