

85 minutes
12/25/1964
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...

Georgiy Vitsin
as жених, Михайло Бальзаминов

Lyudmila Shagalova
as матушка Миши, Павла Петровна

Lidiya Smirnova
as сваха, Акулина Гавриловна

Ekaterina Savinova
as кухарка, Матрёна

Zhanna Prokhorenko
as Капочка Ничкина

Lyudmila Gurchenko
as Устинька

Tamara Nosova
as Ничкина, мать Капочки, сестра купца Неуеденова

Nikolay Kryuchkov
as Неуеденов, московский купец, дядя Капочки

Rolan Bykov
as Лукьян Лукьянович Чебаков, военный

Inna Makarova
as Анфиса Пежёнова, старшая сестра

Nadezhda Rumyantseva
as Раиса Пежёнова, младшая сестра

Tatyana Konyukhova
as Химка, прислуга в семье купцов Пежёновых

Nonna Mordyukova
as Домна Евстигнеевна Белотелова, московская купчиха-вдова

Grigoriy Shpigel
as городовой

Filimon Sergeyev
as башмачник

Mikhail Suvorov
as предводитель слепых

Anatoliy Obukhov
as писарь-монах из царской свиты (нет в титрах)

Natalya Krachkovskaya
as гулящая / приживалка (нет в титрах)
Viktor Lazarev