Chasing Two Hares
7.9
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.
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Cast
14 people
Oleg Borisov
Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty
Known for
Trial on the Road
Margarita Krinitsyna
Pronia Prokopivna Sirko
Known for
Wedding in Malinovka
Mykola Yakovchenko
Prokip Sirko
Known for
Viy
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
Anna Kushnirenko
Yavdokha Sirko
Also in
The Keys of Skies
Nazar Stodolya
Nonna Koperzhynska
Sekleta Lymerykha
Known for
Gas Station Queen
Nataliia Naum
Halia
Also in
Oleksa Dovbush
High Pass
Anatoli Yurchenko
Stepan
Also in
The Tale of Malchish-Kibalchish
Roxelana
Konstantin Ershov
Pliashka
Also in
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
A Spring for the Thirsty
Taisiya Lytvynenko
Khymka
Also in
Maksim Perepelitsa
Babylon XX
Vyacheslav Voronin
young man
Also in
The Experiment of Dr. Abst
Gnat
Lyudmyla Alfimova
nun Mironiia
Known for
Wedding in Malinovka
Olga Viklandt
Mademoiselle Ninon
Also in
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
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Viktor Ivanov Director · Mykhailo Starytskyi Author Vadym Homoliaka Composer
First release December 21, 1961 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Languages Russian, Ukrainian
Production
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
За двома зайцями
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Russia · December 21, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Ukraine
December 24, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Rukavychka Christmas Film-Fair
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