Plot
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...
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Cast
Georgiy Vitsin
Balzaminov
Lyudmila Shagalova
Balzaminova
Lidiya Smirnova
matchmaker
Ekaterina Savinova
Matryona
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Kapochka
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Ustinka
Tamara Nosova
Nichkina
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Neuyedenov
Rolan Bykov
Chebakov
Inna Makarova
Anfisa
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Raisa
Tatyana Konyukhova
Khimka
Nonna Mordyukova
Belotelova
Grigoriy Shpigel
policeman
Filimon Sergeyev
shoemaker
Anatoliy Obukhov
scribe-monk (uncredited)
Natalya Krachkovskaya
prostitute / sponger (uncredited)
