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.
Alisa Freyndlikh
Ogudalova
Larisa Guzeeva
Larisa
Nikita Mikhalkov
Paratov
Andrey Myagkov
Karandyshev
Aleksey Petrenko
Knurov
Viktor Proskurin
Vozhevatov
Georgi Burkov
Robinzon
Tatyana Pankova
Yefrosiniya Potapovna
Boryslav Brondukov
Ivan
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.
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