Based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Two poor actors, Neschastlivtsev and Schastlivtsev, — no money, no work, no tobacco and that, having put on fake orders, armed with a pistol and a guitar, decide to visit the rich Neschastlivtsev's aunt — the landowner Gurmyzhskaya...
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Elizaveta Time
Raisa Pavlovna Gurmyzhskaya
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Coward
Klavdiya Trofimova
Aksyusha
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The Living Corpse
Georgi Solovyov
Yevgeni Apollonovich Milonov
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Road to the Stars
Here We Live
Georgi Osipenko
Uar Kirilych Bodayev
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They Knew Mayakovsky
Vasili Merkuryev
Ivan Petrovich Vosmibratov
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The Cranes Are Flying
Cinderella
Konstantin Kalinis
Pyotr
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While a Person is Alive
Vanyushin's Children
Yuriy Tolubeev
Gennadi Neschastlivtsev
Known for
Hamlet
Aleksandr Borisov
Arkadi Schastlivtsev
Known for
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
Georgi Kulbush
Aleksei Sergeyevich Bulanov
Also in
Road to the Stars
Vertical
Konstantin Adashevsky
Karp
Known for
Cinderella
Olga Tomilina
Ulita
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Marriage
Vladimir Vengerov Director · Semyon Timoshenko Director Alexander Ostrovsky Author
First release May 4, 1953 · Produced in Russia · Original title Лес
Production
Lenfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Лес
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 4, 1953
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No release date listed for United States.
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