Chasing Two Hares (1961)
Based on the Ukrainian vaudeville by Mykhailo Starytskyi, the famous Ukrainian writer. The leading character, Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty has his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he decides to remedy his financial situation by a profitable marriage. A rich but ugly girl named Pronia Sirko falls for the illustrious suitor’s courtship...
Director:
Viktor Ivanov
Writer:
Viktor Ivanov
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Oleg Borisov as Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty |
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Margarita Krinitsyna as Pronia Prokopivna Sirko |
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Mykola Yakovchenko as Prokip Sirko |
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Anna Kushnirenko as Yavdokha Sirko |
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Nonna Koperzhynska as Sekleta Lymerykha |
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Nataliia Naum as Halia |
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Anatoli Yurchenko as Stepan |
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Konstantin Ershov as Pliashka |
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Taisiya Lytvynenko as Khymka |
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Vyacheslav Voronin as young man |
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Lyudmyla Alfimova as nun Mironiia |
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Olga Viklandt as Mademoiselle Ninon |
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Mykola Talyura as musician |
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Yevdokiia Dolia as |
| Camera | Vadym Illienko | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Viktor Ivanov | Director |
| Writing | Viktor Ivanov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mykhailo Starytskyi | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidiya Baikova | Costume Design |
| Art | Iosif Yutsevich | Production Design |
| Sound | Vadym Homoliaka | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Grigoriy Zeldovich | Script Editor |
| Editing | Varvara Bondina | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksandr Dubchak | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Rostislav Maksimtsov | Sound Director |
| Writing | Ye. Kravchenko | Lyricist |
| Visual Effects | I. Tregubova | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Viktor Deminskiy | VFX Artist |
| Sound | Venyamin Tolba | Conductor |
| Production | Leonid Nizguretskiy | Executive Producer |