Based on the comedy of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Succumbing to the persuasion of his friend Kochkaryov, a middle-aged court adviser Podkolyosin wooed to the overripe girl Agafya Tikhonovna, a merchant's daughter. At the very last moment, having gone through a painful period of matchmaking, and bringing the matter to a wedding, indecisive grief — the groom escapes from under the crown, jumping into the window...

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Cast

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Agafya Tikhonovna

Aleksey Petrenko

Podkolyosin

Oleg Borisov

Kochkaryov

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Yaichnitsa

Boryslav Brondukov

Anuchkin

Evgeni Leonov

Zhevakin

Maya Bulgakova

Arina Panteleimovna

Valentina Talyzina

Fyokla Ivanovna

Tamara Guseva

Dunyashka

Nikolai Penkov

Stepan