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The Russian Comedy Farce! - The Marriage of Balzaminov
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Title: The Marriage of Balzaminov

Release Date: 25 Dec 1964

Runtime: 1h 25m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Mosfilm

Production Companies: Mosfilm

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...

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Average Vote: 7.1 (22 votes)

Cast

  • Balzaminov: Georgiy Vitsin
  • Balzaminova: Lyudmila Shagalova
  • matchmaker: Lidiya Smirnova
  • Matryona: Ekaterina Savinova
  • Kapochka: Zhanna Prokhorenko
  • Ustinka: Lyudmila Gurchenko
  • Nichkina: Tamara Nosova
  • Neuyedenov: Nikolay Kryuchkov
  • Chebakov: Rolan Bykov
  • Anfisa: Inna Makarova
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