The Straw Hat
| The Straw Hat | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leonid Kvinikhidze |
| Written by | Leonid Kvinikhidze |
| Music by | Isaac Schwartz |
| Cinematography | Yevgeni Shapiro |
| Edited by | Aleksandra Borovskaya |
Production company | |
Release dates | 1974 |
Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Straw Hat (Russian: Соломенная шляпка, translit. Solomennaya shlyapka) is a 1974 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a play by Eugène Labiche. Music composed by Isaac Schwartz.
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
- Sergei Migitsko
- Mikhail Boyarsky
- Yelena Yefimova
Songs from the film
- I'm getting married, I'm getting married...
- Song about lovers
- Song about the straw hat
- Song about a cornet
- Song about a cheated husband
See Sonkino.ru for the text of the songs (Russian)