77 minutes
12/21/1961
Based on the Ukrainian vaudeville by Mykhailo Starytskyi, the famous Ukrainian writer. The leading character, Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty has his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he decides to remedy his financial situation by a profitable marriage. A rich but ugly girl named Pronia Sirko falls for the illustrious suitor’s courtship...
Oleg Borisov
as Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty
Margarita Krinitsyna
as Pronia Prokopivna Sirko
Mykola Yakovchenko
as Prokip Sirko
Anna Kushnirenko
as Yavdokha Sirko
Nonna Koperzhynska
as Sekleta Lymerykha
Nataliia Naum
as Halia
Anatolii Yurchenko
as Stepan
Konstantin Ershov
as Pliashka
Taisiya Lytvynenko
as Khymka
Vyacheslav Voronin
as young man
Lyudmyla Alfimova
as nun Mironiia
Olga Viklandt
as Mademoiselle Ninon
Mykola Talyura
as musician