The Gentlefolks of Skotinin

A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is shown as both depraved and stupid, engaging a variety of absurd, over-the-top follies.

Varvara Massalitinova

(Prostakova)

Pavel Tamm

(Prostakov)

Sofya Yakovleva

(Glashka)

Igor Doronin

(Trishka)

Mikhail Stepanov

(Mitrofanushka)

Nikolay Belyaev

(Taras Skotinin)

Nina Shaternikova

(Sofya)

Nikolay Lazarev

(Milon, officer)

Galina Ivanovskaya

(Yeremeyevna, old nanny)

Nadezhda Borskaya

(Empress Catherine the Great)

Vladimir Kriger

((uncredited))

Pavel Kurzner

((uncredited))

Evlaliya Olgina

(Dunya (uncredited))

Mariya Shlenskaya

(Old peasant woman (uncredited))