The Straw Hat
The Straw Hat (Russian: Соломенная шляпка, translit. Solomennaya shlyapka) is a 1974 Soviet musical comedy television film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a play by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel. The film's music was composed by Isaac Schwartz.
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| Directed by | Leonid Kvinikhidze |
| Written by | Leonid Kvinikhidze |
| Starring | Andrei Mironov Vladislav Strzhelchik Zinovi Gerdt Yefim Kopelyan Lyudmila Gurchenko |
| Music by | Isaac Schwartz |
| Cinematography | Yevgeni Shapiro |
| Edited by | Aleksandra Borovskaya |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot summary
The extravagant life of a charming rentier who thought nothing of consequences. But living on credit finally wakes him up, forcing to end his bachelor's life by marrying the daughter of a wealthy earl for her money. All goes well until a horse eats a certain straw hat, triggering a series of farcical vents interwoven with the marriage.
Cast
- Andrei Mironov
- Vladislav Strzhelchik
- Zinovi Gerdt
- Yefim Kopelyan
- Lyudmila Gurchenko
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva
- Alisa Freindlich
- Mikhail Kozakov
- Igor Kvasha
- Aleksandr Benyaminov
- Vladimir Tatosov
- Irina Maguto
- Marina Starykh
- Sergey Migitsko
- Mikhail Boyarsky
- Yelena Yefimova
Songs from the film
- Intro song (We actors, minstrels, bards and poets...)
- I'm getting married, I'm getting married...
- Song about lovers
- Song about the straw hat
- Song about broken hopes
- Our city isn't worse than Paris...
- National Guards March
- Final song (Rest in peace, Eugène Labiche...)
See Sonkino.ru for the text of the songs (in Russian)
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