The Marriage of Balzaminov
The Russian Comedy Farce!
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A lighthearted Russian farce about a hapless dreamer and his mother scheming to marry him off to wealth, built on comic fantasy sequences and family entanglement.
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. In reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks.
Essence
Ensemble
Georgiy Vitsin
жених, Михайло Бальзаминов
Lyudmila Shagalova
матушка Миши, Павла Петровна
Lidiya Smirnova
сваха, Акулина Гавриловна
Ekaterina Savinova
кухарка, Матрёна
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Капочка Ничкина
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Устинька
Tamara Nosova
Ничкина, мать Капочки, сестра купца Неуеденова
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Неуеденов, московский купец, дядя Капочки
Rolan Bykov
Лукьян Лукьянович Чебаков, военный
Inna Makarova
Анфиса Пежёнова, старшая сестра
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Раиса Пежёнова, младшая сестра
Tatyana Konyukhova
Химка, прислуга в семье купцов Пежёновых
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