''Wedding in Malinovka'' (russian: Свадьба в Малиновке, ''Svadba v Malinovke'') is a 1967 Soviet musical

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directed by Andrei Tutyshkin based on an operetta by

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by Leonid Yukhvid. The film is about a

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n village during the time of the

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. With power alternating almost daily between

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and

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forces, the villagers of Malinovka are never sure who is in charge, so they modify their behaviour and dress accordingly.

Cast

* Vladimir Samoilov as Nazar Duma, Red squadron commander *

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as Sofya (vocals — Valentina Levko) *

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as Yarinka *

Yevgeni Lebedev Yevgeni Alekseyevich Lebedev ( rus, Евгeний Алeксeeвич Лeбeдeв, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ɐlʲɪˈkseɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; January 15, 1917, Balakovo – June 9, 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor a ...

as Nechipor *

Zoya Fyodorova Zoya Alekseyevna Fyodorova (russian: Зоя Алексеевна Федорова; 11 December 1981) was a Russian film star who had an affair with American Navy captain Jackson Tate in 1945 and bore a child, Victoria Fyodorova in January 1946. ...

as Gorpina Dormidontovna * Heliy Sysoyev as Andreyka (vocal — Mikhail Egorov) *

Mikhail Pugovkin Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин; July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a Peopl ...

as Yashka the Gunner *

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as Petrya *

Grigori Abrikosov Grigori Andreyevich Abrikosov (russian: Григорий Андреевич Абрикосов; 30 August 1932 – 13 April 1993) was a Soviet stage and film actor. He was the son of Andrei Abrikosov. Filmography Awards * Honored Artist of t ...

as Grytsko Balyasny, or Pan- Ataman Gritsian Tavrichesky. *

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as Balyasny Senior * Mikhail Vodyanoy as PopandopuloВ поселке Малиновка был установлен памятник герою одноименного фильма Попандопуло
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as Komarikha * Emma Treyvas as Tryndychikha * Aleksei Smirnov as Smetana *

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* Aleksandr Orlov as

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* Lyubov Tishchenko * Aleksandr Zakharov *

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as Chechil * N. Kogan * B. Moreno * A. Pishvanov * Yu. Shepelev Dance scenes were cast with the participation of the Moldovan dance troupe Joc.

Cultural influence

One of the film's main characters, Nazar Duma, has a completely unrelated namesake in a different famous Soviet film, ''

Tractor Drivers Tractor Drivers (russian: Трактористы, Traktoristy) is a 1939 Soviet Union, Soviet comedy drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev. Plot In the 1930s, the demobilized tank driver Klim Yarko returns to his ''kolkhoz'' on the Ukrainian stepp ...

'' (1939). This coincidence was used in a crossover parody film, ''

Tractor Drivers 2 Tractor Driver 2 is an absurd tragicomedy directed by Gleb and Igor Aleynikov, based on Renata Litvinova's script. The plot is loosely based on famous Soviet films in the manner of "Socialist realism": ''Tractor Drivers'', ''Wedding in Malinov ...

''.

References

External links

* 1967 films 1967 in the Soviet Union Lenfilm films 1967 musical comedy films 1960s Russian-language films Films set in the Soviet Union Soviet musical comedy films Russian musical comedy films Films based on operettas Russian Civil War films {{musical-comedy-film-stub