St. Jorgen's Day
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| Directed by | Yakov Protazanov |
| Written by | Harald Bergstedt (novel) Yakov Protazanov (screenplay) Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov and Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (cues) |
| Cinematography | Pyotr Yermolov |
| Music by | Sergei Boguslavsky |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Russian Part-talkie with Russian intertitles |
St. Jorgen's Day, (Holiday of St. Jorgen, The Feast of St. Jorgen, Russian: Праздник Святого Йоргена, romanized: Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena) 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).
The film tells the story of a cunning thief impersonating a saint during a rigged religious festival, causing chaos among the clergy and authorities while plotting his escape with stolen wealth and newfound allies.