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- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd ChaplinDisguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.Not happy, not disturbing
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMady CorrellAllison RoddanA suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.Black comedy about a maniac
- DirectorAleksei PopovStarsS. LavrentyevAleksei PopovOlga TretyakovaTwo inventors head to propose a machine for easy soap packaging while evil capitalist tries to destroy the machine and gaslighting friends.
- DirectorYuri ZhelyabuzhskyStarsYuliya SolntsevaIgor IlyinskyAnna DmokhovskayaAs she works in her tedious office job, Maria Ivanovna dreams about being married, and she has particular hopes that her co-worker Nikodim Mityushin will take an interest in her. Nikodim, though, is in love with Zina, who sells cigarettes on the sidewalk, and he frequently buys cigarettes from her even though he does not smoke. One day, a film crew uses Zina as an extra in an outdoor scene, and the cameraman, Latugin, falls in love with her. Latugin soon arranges an acting job for Zina. To complicate matters further, Zina has yet another admirer in Oliver MacBride, an American businessman who is visiting Moscow.
- DirectorAlexis GranowskyStarsSolomon MikhoelsS. EpsteinMoisei GoldblatJewish Luck revolves around Menakhem Mendl (one of Sholem Aleichem's characters), a daydreaming entrepreneur who specializes in doomed strike-it-rich schemes. Despite Jewish oppression in Tsarist Russia, Mendl continues to pursue his dreams and his continued persistence transforms him from schlemiel to hero.
- DirectorYakov ProtazanovPorfiri PodobedStarsIgor IlyinskyAnatoli KtorovMariya StrelkovaSatire of religious charlatanry where priests, police, and stock market officials conspire to fleece pilgrims who've come to see relics of a supposed saint. A pair of con men hatch a scheme to pass off one of the duo as the saint reincarnated.