Ruthless Romance (1984)
In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open house”, hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry a dowry-less girl for love.
Director:
Eldar Ryazanov
Writer:
Eldar Ryazanov
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Alisa Freyndlikh as Ogudalova |
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Larisa Guzeeva as Larisa |
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Nikita Mikhalkov as Paratov |
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Andrey Myagkov as Karandyshev |
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Aleksey Petrenko as Knurov |
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Viktor Proskurin as Vozhevatov |
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Georgi Burkov as Robinzon |
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Tatyana Pankova as Yefrosiniya Potapovna |
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Boryslav Brondukov as Ivan |
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Aleksandr Pyatkov as Gavrilo |
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Yuriy Sarantsev as Captain |
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Olga Volkova as Milliner |
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Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso as Ilya |
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Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy as Officer |
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Sergei Artsybashev as Gulyayev |
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Anna Frolovtseva as Annushka |
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Evgeny Tsymbal as Yegor |
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Vladimir Myshkin as Ogudalovy' guest |
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Aleksandr Kuzmichyov as referee |
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Nikolay Smorchkov as priest |
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Ibragim Bargi as Kuzmitch |
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Vera Petrova as гостья |
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Yuri Martynov as гость |
| Directing | Eldar Ryazanov | Director |
| Writing | Alexander Ostrovsky | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Andrey Petrov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vadim Alisov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Valeriya Belova | Editor |
| Art | Aleksandr Borisov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Ivanova | Costume Design |
| Writing | Eldar Ryazanov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Leonid Chertok | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Semyon Litvinov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Vinogradov | Sound Director |
| Crew | Bella Akhmadulina | Poem |
| Crew | Rudyard Kipling | Poem |
| Crew | Eldar Ryazanov | Poem |
| Crew | Marina Tsvetaeva | Poem |
| Sound | Sergei Skripka | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iya Perminova | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Pyotr Kuznetsov | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Bozhena Maslennikova | Color Grading |
| Directing | Tatyana Pronina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alexandr Gromov | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Shmyga | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Anatoliy Vasilyev | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Lyubov Gorina | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Writing | Vladimir Lakshin | Script Consultant |
| Production | Lazar Milkis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lyudmila Zakharova | Executive Producer |