The Threesome (1928)

Directed by Alexander Solovyov; script by Vladimir Mayakovsky; camera by Albert Kyun; movie poster by Mikhail Dlugach.

Based on Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Children, the film was shot in the Ukraine by little-known director Alexander Solovyov. It tells the story of three boys who end up in the same Pioneer detachment. Mishka was already a member of the detachment, seen by nobleman’s son Zhorzhik when he looks out of the window and supported by the homeless orphan Senka. The three boys have many different adventures before they meet up in the Crimea.