The Marriage of Balzaminov

Movie 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...

Cast

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