The Marriage of Balzaminov

Dec 25, 1964

1h 25m

★ 6.7

The Russian Comedy Farce!

Overview

Based on the trilogy of Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Moscow, XIX century. A small official Misha Balzaminov lives in a small house. He, like his mother, sees his happiness in marrying a rich bride. Misha images in dreams and fantasies that he is a general or even a king — rich and domineering. And in reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks...

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

жених, Михайло Бальзаминов

Georgiy Vitsin

матушка Миши, Павла Петровна

Lyudmila Shagalova

сваха, Акулина Гавриловна

Lidiya Smirnova

кухарка, Матрёна

Ekaterina Savinova

Капочка Ничкина

Zhanna Prokhorenko

Устинька

Lyudmila Gurchenko

Ничкина, мать Капочки, сестра купца Неуеденова

Tamara Nosova

Неуеденов, московский купец, дядя Капочки

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Лукьян Лукьянович Чебаков, военный

Rolan Bykov

Анфиса Пежёнова, старшая сестра

Inna Makarova

Раиса Пежёнова, младшая сестра

Nadezhda Rumyantseva

Химка, прислуга в семье купцов Пежёновых

Tatyana Konyukhova

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