Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays

Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays (1983)

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The film is dedicated to the heroines of Ostrovsky’s plays—wives, cooks, actresses, matchmakers. For the most part, these are composite characters, but many of them have real-life prototypes. The author was a keen observer and recorded everything interesting in his diary. This is how the gallery of images from his native Zamoskvorechye, where Ostrovsky was born, came into being. Later, after traveling along the Volga, portraits of residents from small towns along the river were added. Alexander Nikolaevich never overlooked the details. When the playwright described daily life, the details of clothing, or the manner of speaking of a character, the hero would literally come to life.

Director: Andrey Torstensen

Casts

	Iya Savvina as ведущая / Кручинина
	Lidiya Savchenko as Домна Пантелевна / Павла Петровна Бальзаминова / Фелисата Герасимовна Кукушкина / Маланья / Улита
	Alla Pokrovskaya as Домна Евстигневна Миначева / Татьяна Никоновна
	Natalya Tenyakova as Фетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина
	Lyubov Strizhenova as Матрёна Савишна Пузатова / Вера Филипповна / Антонина Власьевна Бедонегова
	Raisa Maksimova as Аграфена Кондратьевна Большова / Феона / Раиса Павловна Гурмыжская
	Marina Brusnikina as Ольга Дмитриевна / Домна Евстигневна Белотелова
	Natalya Molokina as Олинька
	Vera Sotnikova as Марья Антиповна / Юлинька, дочь Кукушкиной
	Elena Zemlyanikina-Krylatova as Настя
	Yanina Lisovskaya as Липочка
	Irina Golitsyna as Лидия Чебоксарова
	Polina Medvedeva as Полинька / Лариса Огудалова
	Galina Bulgakova as Катерина
	Aleksandr Feklistov as Тигрий Львович Лютов / Потап Потапович Каркунов
	Alexandr Smirnov as Истукарий Лупыч Епишкин / купец Антип Антипыч Пузатов / Самсон Силыч Большов
	Roman Kozak as Крутицкий
	Andrei Grinevich as Константин Лукич Каркунов / Виталий Петрович Пирамидалов
	Vladimir Pinchevsky as Михайло Бальзаминов / Елеся
	Dmitriy Brusnikin as Борис / Нил Стратоныч Дудукин

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