
Satire 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.


If you have an hour and a half to spare and want to see how people were making fun of greedy institutions back in 1930, you should definitely watch Holiday of St. Jorgen. It’s perfect for anyone who likes heist movies where the 'heist' is actually just a big social lie. If you're easily offended by jokes about church...

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"If you have an hour and a half to spare and want to see how people were making fun of greedy institutions back in 1930, you should definitely watch Holiday of St. Jorgen. It’s perfect for anyone who likes heist movies where the 'heist' is actually just a big social lie. If you're easily offended by jokes about church officials being obsessed with money, you’ll probably want to skip this one. ⛪ I wasn't expecting a Soviet silent film to feel this much like a modern sitcom. The way the two main..."
Yakov Protazanov, Vladimir Shvejtser, Oleg Leonidov, Harald Bergstedt, Yevgeni Petrov, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Ilya Ilf
Soviet Union


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