Honore de Balzac's Mistake (1969)
It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.
Director: Timofei Levchuk
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Rufina Nifontova as Comtesse Evelina Hanska |
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Viktor Khokhryakov as Honoré de Balzac |
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Vladimir Belokurov as Zarytskyi |
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Stepan Birillo as Gosslen, publisher |
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Ivan Mykolaichuk as Levko, a serf lackey of Countess Evelina Hanska |
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Yaroslav Gelias as colonel Karol Hanskyi |
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Rayisa Nedashkivska as Anna Mnishek |
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Georgi Georgiu as Halperin, banker |
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Vladimir Gajdarov as General Bibikov |
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Ivan Dmitriev as Moskalenko |
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Igor Dmitriev as Davydov |
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Valeriya Zaklunnaya as Maryna |
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Mikhail Sidorkin as Sherstinevich |
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Harijs Liepiņš as Yankovsky, a priest |
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Yevheniya Opalova as mother of Balzac |
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Nikolai Kryukov as Victor Hugo |
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Sergey Polezhaev as Nicholas I |
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Lyalya Bobrova as Gypsy |
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Aleksey Tarshin as Konetspolskyi |
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Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi as episode |
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Petro Mikhnevych as episode |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Academician |
| Writing | Leonid Bykov | Writer |
| Art | Volodymyr Ahranov | Art Direction |
| Writing | Aleksandr Satsky | Writer |
| Sound | Heorhiy Mayboroda | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Natan Rybak | Writer |
| Directing | Timofei Levchuk | Director |
| Camera | Volodymyr Voitenko | Director of Photography |