The Doll with Millions
About The Doll with Millions
In Paris the millionaire widow Madame Collie dies and leaves her property to her granddaughter, Maria Ivanova, who lives in Moscow. Shares in the Trippoli Channel, worth millions, are hidden in a doll the girl has also inherited. Pierre and Paul Cuisinai, cut out of the will, go to Moscow to find Maria and marry her for the money.
Cast & crew
More about The Doll with Millions
Sergei Komarov directed. Oleg Leonidov and Fedor Ozep wrote it. Konstantin Kuznetsov photographed it. Mezhrabpom-Russ released the silent comedy on 25 December 1928. Igor Ilyinsky plays Paul Cuisinai. Vladimir Fogel plays Pierre Cuisinai. Ada Vojtsik plays Maria Ivanova. Galina Kravchenko plays Blanche. Komarov is also in the cast. The cousins are looking for a 17-year-old with a birthmark on her right shoulder, and the papers are hidden in the doll.
Themes
Making
Komarov, who also acts in the film, made the comedy at Mezhrabpom-Russ. The story starts with a Paris will and moves the chase to Moscow.
Look
Konstantin Kuznetsov photographed the silent comedy, including the Moscow stretch of the cousins' hunt for Maria.
Preservation
A 67-minute print survives.
Notes
- The Russian title is Кукла с миллионами.
- The fortune is not only the will. The valuable papers are inside a doll.
- Ilyinsky is Paul, not Pierre. Fogel is Pierre.
- Maria is a granddaughter living in Moscow, not a niece the cousins already know.
- Blanche, played by Galina Kravchenko, is the other woman in the billing.
Scenes
- Madame Collie's will names a Moscow granddaughter and leaves the Trippoli shares inside a doll.
- Pierre and Paul set off from Paris to marry Maria for the fortune.
