The Ugly Story

Oct 10, 1966

1h 42m

★ 5.3

Overview

Based on a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Pralinsky

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Pseldonimov

Viktor Sergachyov

Bride

Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina

Deaf-mute

Maya Bulgakova

Klerk

Gleb Strizhenov

Mlekopitayev

Aleksandr Gruzinsky

Mlekopitayeva

Elena Ponsova

Pseldonimov's mother

Zoya Fyodorova

Father of the bride

Leonid Pirogov

Anatoliy Obukhov

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