Based on the comedy of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Succumbing to the persuasion of his friend Kochkaryov, a middle-aged court adviser Podkolyosin wooed to the overripe girl Agafya Tikhonovna, a merchant's daughter. At the very last moment, having gone through a painful period of matchmaking, and bringing the matter to a wedding, indecisive grief — the groom escapes from under the crown, jumping into the window...
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Aleksey Petrenko
Oleg Borisov
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Boryslav Brondukov
Evgeni Leonov
Maya Bulgakova
Valentina Talyzina
Tamara Guseva
Nikolai Penkov